Let’s say you’re a beer drinker. And, by beer drinker, I don’t mean no-other-adult-beverage-is-in-the-fridge-so-I-guess-it’s-a-good-night-for-beer drinker. Instead, you’re someone who first evaluates a restaurant by what’s on their beer list. What’s on tap first only to be followed by the bottled options. It may be very en vogue to be a beer drinker now, what with… Continue reading Warm IPA Braised Cabbage Salad with Pastrami and Swiss
Category: Recipes
Maple Pear Bacon Grilled Cheese
How do you say I love you? It comes out of my mouth in the language of beer and cheese. Cracking open an IPA for the one that I love even if my brew is less hoppy and scoring the best Vermont has to offer when it comes to cheddar (he likes it extra sharp)… Continue reading Maple Pear Bacon Grilled Cheese
Apple Maple Pecan Cobbler
How did we end up here? It’s fall again. Lovely, wonderful fall, the season at the top of so many lists. And maybe a reason it’s a favorite is tied up in the idea of harvest. The idea of bounty. So, what happens when the bounty we find ourselves with is sorrow? Does it seem… Continue reading Apple Maple Pecan Cobbler
Tomato Rye Berry Breakfast Casserole
When the end of September arrives, my pulse seems to quicken. Is it possible that certain seasons offer greater productivity? I’ve been writing behind the scenes. In coffee shops. At midnight. On napkins. On the phone. In my writing notebook. Sometimes writing requires certain parameters to get started. Other times, there is no road. All… Continue reading Tomato Rye Berry Breakfast Casserole
Roasted White Chocolate Brownies with Strawberry Balsamic Swirl
I should start by telling you anything I could possibly write about Irvin Lin’s first cookbook would be biased. I hung the equivalent of a save-the-date postcard for cookbooks of Irvin Lin’s Marbled, Swirled, and Layered in the coveted spot on the front of my fridge months before his book had even reached his hands… Continue reading Roasted White Chocolate Brownies with Strawberry Balsamic Swirl
Mint Basil Chip Popsicles
So much can change in a year. If I looked back on my life, I always knew where I was going or at least tried to play a good game. From high school to journalism school. From j-school to grad school. And then things completely went off the rails. What looked like a future in… Continue reading Mint Basil Chip Popsicles
Chocolate Chile Sorbet with Cherry Compote
Some flavors tell you everything you need to know before tasting the dish. I’ve often thought that the role of writing a menu requires a special swish of the pen to word the description of a dish well enough to entice anticipation and need. For months, before and after we moved, if I had trouble… Continue reading Chocolate Chile Sorbet with Cherry Compote
Bacon Cauliflower Wheat Berry Salad
Sometimes where we end up isn’t where we thought we’d go. There was a season in my life where I refused to cave into procuring a leather jacket because I wanted to be able to live overseas at a moment’s notice. Somehow that jacket unwittingly became the symbol of not settling down into a lifestyle… Continue reading Bacon Cauliflower Wheat Berry Salad
Chocolate Brownies with Salted Tahini Frosting
We eat with our eyes first and so it shouldn’t be such a surprise to say that the way I found Jennifer Farley was through her photography. Her sense of minimalist style mirrored my own desire to let the food speak for itself without much adornment. Last Fall, her cookbook The Gourmet Kitchen came out… Continue reading Chocolate Brownies with Salted Tahini Frosting
Roasted Carrot Finger Sandwiches
I’m psyching myself into making this year the best! year! ever! And, yet. In the first week of the New Year, a dear friend of mine called late enough one evening that her name flashing on my phone was foreboding. We’ve been swapping texts, doctor diagnoses, and the emojis that speak into the places we… Continue reading Roasted Carrot Finger Sandwiches
Kale Celery Root Soup
In the Bay area, if it dips under 60 degrees, we pull out the scarves and beanies. I’ve been donning my fingerless gloves for weeks and am wearing out my hoodie (hood up, thank you). Our place doesn’t have a working heater or a working fireplace though we have one of each. To stay warm… Continue reading Kale Celery Root Soup
Borscht Toast (Beet Caramelized Onion Toasties)
Gone are the days when I diligently jotted a note here letting you know about writerly goings-on elsewhere. But! My fondness for cabbage took an interesting foray into a letter I penned to that cruciferous vegetable, printed in Volume V of the New Guard. And so, I recently began musing about how wonderful Borscht never… Continue reading Borscht Toast (Beet Caramelized Onion Toasties)