You’ll never catch me saying it’s a bummer to be a vegetarian – it’s not. Eating vegetarian (in a healthy way, rather than the bean burrito and pizza diet I strictly adhered to as a high school vegetarian) has been absolutely instrumental in my journey from passable pasta boiler to fairly legitimate home cook. It’s… [click for recipe and more]
I want to be a person who doesn’t judge. I really do. But I also want to be an honest person, and so I have to be forthcoming about this: if you don’t like pizza, I think you’re very strange. There. I said it. That feels better. I’d rather be a judgmental person and own… [click for recipe and more]
Miso carrot ginger soup? No, YOU so carrot ginger soup! Oh god. Sorry guys. I couldn’t help that. Can we pretend that never happened and just start this post all over again? Starting…now. Oh, hello! Well, it seems like it’s finally getting cold. Down here in the mid-Atlantic, we’ve lucked out all winter. Ducking a… [click for recipe and more]
I know fall started yesterday. I know the mornings are starting to get that familiar little nip. I know that most stores already have their Halloween stuff up. And yes, I know barbecue season is over. But there’s an exception and I’m documenting it so there will be no confusion when I’m serving this during… [click for recipe and more]
So my local Safeway sells kale one way and one way only: in a massive, Costco-sized three-pound bag. None of this namby-pamby “by the bunch” b.s. you see at Whole Foods. Nope, Safeway looks you right in the face and says “Hey man. If you want some kale, you’d better WANT SOME KALE.” Challenge accepted,… [click for recipe and more]