I used to be one of those people. I know you know what I’m talking about.”Valentine’s Day is just commercial America’s way of making money between Christmas and Easter.” “Those chalky hearts…
Tag: Whole30
Six more weeks… but it feels like spring!
In 2002, I experienced my first-ever New England winter. According to my Ipswich-native roommate, it was one of the coldest ones in recent history. “Even we don’t get weather this bad,” she…
Salad, eh?
We didn’t always eat salad in my house. I don’t remember when the bowl of greens dressed in a simple vinaigrette first made an appearance… my mother seems to think she always…
Soup
More than any other time of year, I feel like winter screams for a certain kind of food, and that food is made in a deep stock pot. Winter is soup time….
Spicy Roasted Chicken Thighs
I’ve been meaning to post about this chicken recipe for awhile. I got it off Luisa‘s site: it’s a recipe for spicy roasted chicken thighs. I accidentally forgot to mix the tomato…
Ratatouille
It’s a really good thing I got interested in cooking, or else I would have spent all of last July eating stuck-together spaghetti with a bit of jarred sauce. Let me explain….
Fried Eggs
What is it about fried eggs? They’re like a completely different animal from scrambled eggs or omelettes. There’s something about the barely cooked yolk breaking all over whatever else is on your…
Artichokes
Way back in September, when I was still just exploring Rue Cler, and my butcher hadn’t yet started making fun of me for the sheer amount of meat I buy (I like…
Figs
This summer, I saw wild fruit growing for the first time ever (city kid here, people. New York, born and raised.) The only fruit I had ever seen growing were the sad…