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Back in my pickier eating days, raw carrot sticks were my go-to vegetable—in fact, I think I may have taken cheese, cracke...

I’m not sure I’m 100% on board with cauliflower yet, although I definitely like it roasted. I’ll admit I do enjoy finally ...

Now that it’s legitimately cold in Southern California and the El Niño rains are starting and a steaming bowl of soup soun...

Enough salads. Time for comfort food! While paging through this month’s Cooking Light , I came across a recipe for chick...

Another stellar winter salad. Like the Cobb, Waldorf salad falls into the category of old-school foods I’ve only read abou...

 OK, I probably just need to write a macro that will begin every entry expressing shame at the passage of time since my last o...

I’m not a huge fan of the detox-and-diet trope that sweeps the food world in January, but I’m definitely feeling the need ...

I’m going to try not to dwell on how far behind I am. Recapping all this summer’s successful recipes is apparently going t...

With—holy cow!—565 posts here already, I sometimes wonder exactly how many more recipes I have room for in my life. I woul...

I’m always on the lookout for more veggie pizza recipes, especially ones that can work as somewhat light, summery fare—sin...

Is it too late in the summer to talk about strawberry shortcake? Too bad. I’ve avoided baking traditional biscuits for mos...

 September still feels like summer here in L.A., but I know the rest of the country will be moving on to apples and pumpki...

Do I really need to explain why cheese-and-greens-stuffed dough is a good thing? I felt like putting a new spin on my pizz...

I have a bad habit of trying new vegetable side dishes and forgetting to note them here, either because I didn’t bother to...

I tend to operate under the guideline that I can eat as much dessert if I want, as long as I make it myself. My laziness u...

You’d think I would have tried every possible variety of pasta recipe by now, but no—in fact, despite having 73 already lo...

I’ve had my old reliable bread-and-tomato salad recipe for more than a decade now, but there’s always room for innovation...

 Or, My First Pie , Part II. Blueberry is not my favorite pie flavor; that honor goes to strawberry, followed by lemon m...

I’m baaaack! I’ll skip the boring excuses because I have a huge backlog of recipes to record—starting with pie! I don’t u...

So it’s official: I don’t hate cabbage anymore. I’m not apt to look at a recipe and think, “Ooh, cabbage!” but I’m willing...