Full Gastronomic Tilt

I used to skip breakfast more mornings than not. An extra-strong cup of coffee would get me through to lunch, if in a jittery way. When I started listening to my body, I heard loud and clear that this was no longer acceptable.
Most days, breakfast is an english muffin, toasted and spread with Earth Balance [...]

A little over three years ago, Mark Bittman, via Jim Lahey, turned the bread baking world on its ear and gave it an impolite finger (I’ll let you imagine which one). Bittman’s New York Times column, The Minimalist, published “The Secret of Great Bread: Let Time Do the Work” and included a recipe for No-Knead [...]

This adventure in baking began with an innocent idea. Two friends wanting to send some homemade deliciousness to those they love scattered far and wide. Two decent bakers + everybody loves cookies = failproof. I mean, it’s just a few batches of cookies, right?
Ha! Little did we know…
One weekend, we gathered our baking arsenal [...]

Squash! Squash, squash, squash! Pumpkin, acorn, spaghetti, winter squash and kombucha! You can bake it, cook it, steam it, make it sweet or make it savory. Squash helps us survive the chilly fall and cold winter, reminding us that everything has a season (turn, turn, turn). And (surprise)…squash is healthy and packed with lots of [...]

It’s Friday. It’s Halloween weekend. I’m going to attempt making apple cider doughnuts this weekend. For now, it’s time for a bit of pop social psychology on the search terms leading people to this site. Maybe I’ll do this on a monthly basis. Maybe not. You know how well I stick to something.
“Where can I [...]

This began as me wanting to make the mother of all pizzas - roasted red peppers, swiss chard and smoked goat cheese. I got as far as making the pizza dough before my plans shifted, as they too often do. The dough went into the freezer and I promptly forgot about it.
During this past [...]

At first, back when I thought it was going to be a 10-day hiatus or so, I resolved not to mention my absence from the blogosphere. Then it stretched into a month, then two. Now it’s August. Right.
I’m here. It has been ungodly hot and I’ve been living off of raw vegetables, stone fruits, [...]

The zucchini had been sitting on my counter for over a week. This was a big zucchini, deserving of a dish that could do it justice. Sadly, I was just about sick of zucchini. So eager when they first arrived earlier this summer, I made zucchini everything: pasta primavera, zucchini gratin, zucchini/potato pancakes, squash stir [...]

are a poor substitute for eggs.
Yesterday morning, Nikki and I went to market. It was early, around 9:00 AM. I was feeling pretty good, especially since we were getting to the market before 10:00 AM. Surely Bill would have some eggs for me.
We stopped first to look over the blackberries. $7 per quart, cultivated.
Next table [...]

June is drawing to a close, and in its wake is an exhausted and frazzled, yet strangely happy me. A month of change, of newness, June has presented many opportunities and challenges and left me feeling like I can leap tall buildings and solve a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded. Though I haven’t had the time to [...]