blood orange upside-down cake

A few days ago I saw a recipe on TheKitchn (shocking, I know) originally from Bon Appetit magazine for a blood orange polenta upside-down cake. It was simple but dramatic-looking, so I grabbed some blood oranges at Whole Foods and decided to give it a whirl. By which I mean “eat cake for breakfast for […]

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delicious disaster cookies

Without my own set work schedule I sort of drift into the patterns of my husband’s week. His “weekends” have been Monday and Tuesday so we planned to go out. Instead we stayed in to watch the Netflix movie that had been sinking, ignored, into the TV stand for the last few weeks. After the […]

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hot and sour napa cabbage

First, I have to apologize to Vegetarian Times magazine. I had always assumed that the magazine would be full of “hippie vegetarian food” and PETA-like idiocy. But I was wrong. I saw a good deal online for a subscription, so I decided to try it out. My first issue (March 2010) arrived and I started […]

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marinated beets with horseradish

A few years ago my friend Angela and I decided that we wanted to try new vegetables. Now we both have CSA shares and our veggie consumption is much more well-rounded, but we had to start somewhere. We tried turnips, parsnips, and kale. I’m pretty sure there were others, too, but we started in the […]

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squashstravaganza! butternut squash breakfast bowl

When I roasted my diced butternut squash for pizza, I had some left over. Normally I try to avoid leftovers because my husband will only eat leftover pizza and pad Thai, but roasted and pre-diced veggies are often a handy thing to have stashed in the fridge. This dish, like the butternut squash pizza and […]

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warm red cabbage salad

A book which I had ordered out arrived at my local branch library the other day, so I stopped by to pick it up. On a whim I skimmed the cookbook shelves. A few titles caught my eye, but nothing pressing. I turned to walk up to the check out counter, when one book stopped […]

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garden update: tomato sprouts

Remember way back on February 24th? Oh, the anticipation of freshly-planted seeds. Then came February 28th, an auspicious day in the lives of my tomato seeds. The same could not be said for my poor arugula, but enough dwelling on the past. They’ve moved from the counter to a small table near a window that […]

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squashstravaganza! butternut squash pizza with onions, goat cheese, and sage

After the phenomenal success of Pumpkinpalooza this fall, I wanted to follow it up with some winter Squashstravaganza! Remember these guys? Oh, hi there butternut squash. These guys are delicious roasted and put on pizza. We eat homemade pizza somewhat regularly, and I often take photos, and they’re never good, so I never post it. […]

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the arugula thief strikes again

After an extremely naughty kitten got into my arugula sprouts over the weekend, I covered them with some net fabric to allow sunlight through but protect the tender shoot from little kitten noses. I also planted a few more seeds to replace the chomped ones. Alas. The thief was discovered returning to the scene of […]

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csa share 3/2/10

My husband had yesterday off work and was already out running some errands, so he picked up our latest group of vegetables. We’re still in winter, so most of the items are repeats (or things we still have in the fridge from previous shares!), but we got a few new things to try. In my […]

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