Pasta. Talk about universal and unifying. Everyone likes pasta, and if they don’t, then you can quickly weed them out from the group of people with whom you should associate, because they are clearly insane. When I moved in with a meat eater, we would make pasta most nights, because it was an easy dish […]
Last week I talked about how much I love risotto. This risotto recipe is actually the one that inspired the post. It featured sauteed fresh garden zucchini (which I know you’re trying to get rid of this time of year), and reduced super-sweet balsamic vinegar. I served it with some steak, but to be honest, it […]
Risotto is awesome. Is that news? I was making a steaming pot of it this past weekend, thinking about just how awesome it really is. It’s a great comfort food: it’s hot, creamy, soul-satisfying, and definitely sticks to your ribs. I think it might just be the greatest food for the single folk. There’s something […]
Join Debbie as she raves about whole foods, rants about chemicals and generally celebrates cooking and eating with fresh, local, nutritious foods. And sometimes she might get a little feisty…. Sometimes you’ve got to make a basic dish, one that celebrates all there is to love about freshly harvested food. Can I just brag about […]
I discovered this one serendipitously, like all good discoveries seem to be. I was planning on making my perfect hummus recipe today for a munchy appetizer for our guests. Alas, I did not have nearly enough lemon juice to make that happen in any tasty way, so I began searching the internet for a recipe […]
A few weekends ago, I escaped to the mountains with two of my friends and two babies. Since we were in a condo in the woods, we weren’t planning on eating out: that meant that we had to go shopping and plan our meals. While Cooper and I don’t eat meat, Elizabeth, Lauren, and Lauren’s […]
Is it treat time again? Not necessarily, but the title of this post would surely imply that, wouldn’t it? The two I picked are very healthy treats that I’m dying to make, because I am sure that I wouldn’t feel cheated out of a decadent dessert if I ate these. Which brings me to the […]
