Spinach Salad
The addition of one teaspoon freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese to a basic vinaigrette (two tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, the juice of half a lemon, a small pinch each of salt […]
Vegan Snapshot
Green bean and kale bihari masala, basmati brown rice Adapted from this Diner’s Journal entry at The New York Times. I make this quite often in the summer and autumn. […]
Eat Your Vegetables
When I was growing up, I hated vegetables with a passion, or for that matter, anything that was garlicky, spicy or remotely unfamiliar. Fast forward thirty years and it’s like […]
An Updated Classic
The taste of early spring spinach often reminds me of the description of rapunzel in the fairy tale of the same name. Tender leaves of a fantastically GREEN vegetable that […]
Shaved Asparagus Salad, with Cara Cara Oranges and Roasted Shallots
Thanks to Nicole at Dula Notes, and also to Meatballs […]
Friday Snapshot
Chickpeas, with slow-cooked onion, broccoli rabe and pecorino cheese
Fava Bean and Ramps Ragoût with Soft-Cooked Farm Egg
One sign that spring has arrived is the appearance of […]
Salad for Dinner
Sometimes “rabbit food” is what you want for dinner. *wink* Spring lettuce salad with salt-and-vinegar Roseval potato chips, roasted shallots, hard-cooked farm egg and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
A Lion and Its Bite
For those of you who are newly subscribed to The Spamwise Chronicles, back in January I embarked on a year-long experiment in cooking seasonally, using ingredients primarily sourced from Union […]
Saturday Snapshot
Caramelized onion tart, with cow’s milk ricotta cheese, fromage blanc, olives and sage; spring garden salad Except for the substitution of fromage blanc for crème fraîche, and sage for thyme, […]
Olive and Orange Salad
The weather for the past few weeks has been a real roller-coaster ride. Just when I thought that we were going to be seeing an early spring, with temperatures reaching […]
Sunday Snapshot
Tortilla de patatas; marinated green olives with thyme and parsley Adapted from this recipe at Smitten Kitchen. Ingredient quantities are slightly reduced from the instructions in Deb’s recipe; for example, […]
A Quartet of Tastes
The spring equinox is next Wednesday, but it feels as if we’re in late April instead of mid-March, due to the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been experiencing lately here in […]
Ricotta Gnocchi with Marcella’s Tomato Sauce
If you’ve never had ricotta gnocchi, you owe it to […]
Sunday Snapshot
Right: Oven-braised winter vegetables Left: Tatsoi salad, with hazelnut vinaigrette This is a lovely appetizer that presents a study in contrasts. Winter root vegetables are slowly transformed by an oven […]
Poached Farm Egg, with Sautéed Hedgehog Mushrooms, Green Garlic and Parsley
There are times when I wonder where we would be, […]
