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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a habitual snacker, but I’m terrified of being hungry—it makes me cranky and weak and sh...

It is both tantalizing and frustrating to be hungry for something extremely specific. I’m not sure why this particular cr...

Well, we survived—and even enjoyed— the soup , so it was time to be brave and give cauliflower a shot in its natural form....

More baked oatmeal! I love it so. It’s incredibly comforting to have a warm, delicious breakfast ready to go on a chilly ...

Deb Perelman at Smitten Kitchen is a blogger after my own heart, especially where fritters are concerned. A peek at my a...

Hand pies, hand pies! I feel like every hand pie recipe I’ve tried (this is my third ) has been slightly troublesome in ...

We used to have a favorite neighborhood Thai restaurant. When I first moved here, I was addicted to its fast, fresh, chea...

I had big plans for all kinds of wild cooking experiments to perform while I was unemployed, but then I ...

I love a good fritter, and after making chili-lime roasted squash salad recently, I’ve been intrigued by the combination...

I have long professed myself a disliker of cauliflower. I always thought of it as having a cabbagey taste and smell (I lo...

Can you believe this was my first time making a raw fennel salad at home? I fell in love with cooked fennel a couple of y...

I feel like I rambled a lot in my last entry, so I’ll keep this one short and sweet...much like these carrots! Despite ...

Even though they’ve become trendy as a “superfood” (I just can’t bring myself to use that word without the scare quotes),...

When I was first getting to know A, one anecdote he told made a particularly vivid impression on me: When he was a little...

This was my second time cooking farro. My first attempt didn’t go so well. I don’t think the recipe itself was the problem...

I made these cookies last Christmas and never managed to take a photo of them. I made them again this Christmas and only r...

I was in serious danger of getting tired of butternut squash. The squash = winter equation is so ingrained in me, and I ha...

Despite hailing from Minnesota, one of the nation’s foremost centers of casserole (or, as we call it, “hot dish”) technolo...