We juice a good amount of citrus (especially in winter), and I can’t stand to let the flavor-packed peels go to waste. Citrus peel is a favorite ingredient of mine – strong, fragrant, and able to work both sweet and savory fronts, it’s a hero ingredient in my kitchen. This citrus and cardamom-accented take on […]
A short list of ingredients and a 9-inch pan puts you on track to bake this golden almond cake. It’s not flashy, but it’s one you’ll remember. The texture is dense and rich, the almond flavor strong. Butter browns where the cake touches the pan for a fragrant hint of that unique magic – my […]
For many years our “house pozole” was a bright, vegetarian green pozole (pozole verde). It’s a pozole made with serrano and poblano chiles, one that really goes for it on the cilantro and garlic fronts. It was my go-to pozole, I included the recipe in Near & Far and I would make it often in the […]
Coming up with inspired lunch ideas takes some effort. One of the things I’ve been trying to be better about is lunches on-the-go. Often times, let’s be honest, it’s re-marketing leftovers. Too often, if we’re not going to be home for the day, we just wing it. And I’m nearly always sorry we didn’t make […]
We buy loads of citrus every week to squeeze into fresh juice. It’s typically grapefruit, but I love to throw in an accent of whatever else looks special. Blood oranges are a favorite, lending the prettiest pink blush to our juice. And I’m physically unable to walk by a collection of Meyer lemons without bringing […]
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If you want to know what is on delicious repeat over here, this is it. I’ve been making the macro bowls featured in Joe Yonan’s encyclopedic Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking. In the book he shares Diana Yen’s Steamed Veggie Macro Bowls – nutty brown rice topped with a rainbow of steamed veggies, drizzled […]
This is the best thing I’ve cooked with the least amount of effort in the past month. Most of my lazy lunches never make it to the site, but this pasta is an exception. If you have a favorite dried pasta, a few cloves of garlic, walnuts, and black pepper you can make it too. […]
It is going to be a big month for holiday baking, and thought it might be helpful to wrangle some favorite Christmas cookie recipes into one spot. Favorite cookies, holiday vibes, one list. Included here is a wide range of cookies. Classic shortbread is my favorite, but decorating simple sugar cookies (pictured above) with icing […]
My favorite photograph in Rancho Gordo’s The Bean Book is of Smitten Kitchen’s Pizza Beans. Pizza Beans are a thing, an all-star recipe that rocked the bean world when Deb posted it to her Smitten Kitchen site in 2017. Ed Anderson’s photo in the book captures everything people love about it – the oozy cheese, […]
