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Any-Temperature Farro Salad

April 5, 2011

OK, here it is. A perfect way to get one of those perfectly healthy meals into your diet. A high-protein whole grain with lightly cooked vegetables. Make it in 15 minutes. Light, bright, satisfying meal with a big range of fresh flavors. Five dollars for two, plus leftovers.

Written in stone

April 3, 2011

You have to admire the patience. This is real Slow writing. No shortcuts with this technology. You probably won't find any petroglyphs today. But you might find some time. To make something out of. Doesn't really matter if nobody else knows what it means. Might just mean a nice day.

Olive Oil-Lemon Cake

April 2, 2011

Hard to say if this is better for breakfast or for dessert. Depends if you want ice cream with it. Either way, it's a light, moist and refreshing cake. Very intense lemon flavor makes it vibrant. Olive oil keeps it moist and light. Ten minutes to prepare.

Corn, tomatoes, optimism and impatience

March 30, 2011

Cheap, easy and convincing preview of summer in your mouth. Sweet corn grits cakes: soft and warm inside, crispy around the edges. Fifteen cents each. Top with darn good, not-quite-local tomatoes. Some Spring onions and fresh herbs. A quick trip to summer.

All-Weather Fish Tacos

March 29, 2011

It's officially Spring. I want to cook outdoors. But it was raining, sleeting and hailing. So I sliced the fish into small-bite-sized pieces and put them in a pan with four tablespoons of my salsa verde. Five minutes later, a wonderfully satisfying and intensely flavorful meal.

Living Room Aerobics: Sideways Lunge

March 28, 2011

Great for your thighs and butt. Flex and strengthen those major muscles. In between your five-minute stretches of walking or running in place on a step deck. A simple, cheap and tiny object that lets you exercise aerobically in a few square feet. C'mon, sweat a little.

Slower Sunday Eggs

March 27, 2011

Did you ever wonder what's going on when the egg white turns ... white? If knowing about this doesn't spoil the purity of your just-watching experience, press Play and I'll tell you. Or go crack an egg into a hot frying pan and watch the real thing. Nice thing on a Sunday morning.

Bread & Breakfast: Chocolate & Cherries

March 26, 2011

When life hands you a bowl of cherries, you should make chocolate bread. Even if nobody hands over the cherries and you've never made bread, you should do this. Shows you how easy it is to make great bread. And gives you one of the most delicious breakfasts you'll ever eat.

No pepperoni. Chorizo.

March 24, 2011

An almost classic pizza with a Spanish accent. The sweet fruitiness of the Italian tomato paste blends perfectly with the light, bright, tart and spicy salsa verde. Great on top of bubbling mozzarella. And beneath the thinnest slices of the great Spanish chorizo sausage.

Farrotto with vegetables

March 23, 2011

Like risotto, but made with farro. The first cultivated grain. We humans have been growing this stuff for more than 10,000 years. Incredibly high in protein. Great nutty flavor. A light, bright, satisfying meal with a big range of fresh flavors and textures.