Asian Spinach Salad
All these wildly fresh leafy greens from our CSA farm share keep turning into wildly delicious but near-zero-calorie salads. Here's what just happened to a bunch of the freshest spinach you've ever seen or tasted.
Grilled Caesar Salad
The edges are smoky, browned and hot. The center is warm. The garlic mayo melts right in. The lemon cuts the richness. The cheese adds depth and a slight saltiness. Sounds a lot Better than a salad, huh?
Pop Stars for a hand-held 4th of July
This is what I want melting in my mouth this holiday weekend. Popsicles. Savory and sweet. A meal on a stick. They're delicious. They're fun. They make everyone smile. Pursue happiness.
Hot Dogs for the 21st Century
What's going to be on your plate this 4th of July? If it's meat, read this before you go shopping: results from a Harvard School of Public Health study and from my grill. Halve your meat and double your fun.
Fresh Tricks from the Farmers Market
This Way is about shopping as much as cooking. Shopping for whatever's phenomenally fresh right now. And adding a two-minute trick to your dinner preparation time in return for a great version of a simple dinner.
Too hot to cook? Cool. Make gazpacho.
It was 95 F. Felt like 105 with the humidity. It's cool not to cook. It's cool to take a chilled bowl of refreshing, slightly spicy soup out of the fridge. A 15-minute job, start to finish. No sweat. Just seasonally ripe, cheap vegetables in your blender.
New-fashion creamed spinach: no cream
Super creamy. Brilliant green. Lots of spinach. Zero cream. But all that fresh, raw, chopped spinach is slicked with a Bechamel sauce that's creamier than cream. All together, the most luxurious Way to eat your spinach.
Paella Party with Three Vegan Sisters
If you don't know Paella, it's the great traditional rice dish of Spain. If you don't know the Three Sisters, well, let me tell you a short story. It's beautiful, aromatic, luscious, and deeply flavorful. And I'm pretty sure you'll like the photos.
Adult Soda with Fish: Lemon-Basil-Mint
What to drink with a nice dinner when you don't want alcohol. No red wine. No white wine. No beer. Just something with a lot of good, interesting flavor. Something you sip very slowly. A great pairing with fish or shellfish. Or veal or chicken. Cheers!
I feel so small
Sure, it’s all relative. You put yourself in places that are mindblowingly huge and you’re bound to feel kinda small. Small in size. Small in time. I’ve been walking through some of the biggest examples of big. The oldest examples of old. Go take a walk someplace big this summer. For a refreshing perspective.