Wild Risotto with Fiddleheads
Yesterday, I had jury duty in downtown Boston. I had to be there by 8am, and the new courthouse has no parking lot. Daytime, weekday parking in Boston is the same as it is in any major city: expensive....
View ArticleCrab Tacos
Went to Ole Mexican Grille in Innman Square with a friend yesterday and had a to-DIE-for meal. Read my review (and some of my other recent reviews) on Yelp.Today, I was so inspired by the amazing...
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Best Banana-Walnut Muffins are Made with Coconut Oil
I was tired of the same old breakfast options this morning, so I decided to see what we had in the cupboards. I had a large, slightly over-ripe banana and lots of walnuts that need to be used up, so...
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Butter the Size of an Egg: Inferring Blueberry Cake with Hard Sauce
I love to read old cookbooks. I've mentioned here before that I own a 1946 edition of The Joy of Cooking, which belonged to my grandmother, which I've used mainly for canning recipes and brownies....
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Late Summer Fruit Round-Up and a Recipe of My Own
I haven't done a round-up in a long time, so it seemed like the thing to do on a lazy summer day.Well, maybe not so lazy. I'm spending the weekend in Wells, Maine, and the first thing I did when I got...
View ArticleSoup is ON
Less than a blurb, this is just a link to a great-sounding recipe in today's NYTImes for a vegetable soup: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/dining/29appe.html?_r=1&th&emc=thI promise I'll be...
View ArticleOctober Feast or Famine
Yesterday, I made my last harvest of the plot in the community garden. Since I moved, it has been chronically difficult to get down to Jamaica Plain (it's at least an hour away), not to mention...
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Baked and Roasted: Warm Inspirations for a Cool Season
My niece and I made this pie about a month ago. When baking with a six-year-old, decorations may be required:Apple pie with butterfly and heart-shaped cutouts. Recipe for pie and crust in Joy of...
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Chipotle-Infused Butternut-Miso Soup
I'm so glad this came out as well as it did. I was a little worried that I was trying to force together too many elements, but the concoction actually achieves a delicious harmony. I made my own veg...
View ArticleGraveyard Dust Brownies
As I write this, they exist only as ghostly remembrances of what they were in life. I'm talking about brownies. Brownies that were devoured so ravenously at the revels last night that I failed to take...
View ArticleResurrection: The Return of Fiddlehead
Broken hearts are like sick plants. Sometimes, they take a while to decide to bounce back. That's right. I said decide. Only when they're ready, do they bloom again. And readiness is negotiated between...
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Victuals for Rituals: the Bites of Spring
Today, I dyed some eggs using two natural methods: onion skins and a warm dye bath with turmeric. Some came out cool, others . . . Let's just say they'll be turned into deviled eggs tomorrow (with dill...
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Granola Greatness . . . in progress
After the holidays, my parents joined a gym and committed themselves to a regime of sensible eating in order to lose some weight. They started eating more soups and salads, and even incorporated some...
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Blue Breakfast: Blueberry-Millet Pancakes and Blueberry Smoothie
Blueberry-Millet Pancakes with Banana SlicesI love pancakes. I often make them on Sundays, just for myself, so there's lots of leftover. I labelled a freezer bag "Pancake Bag" and load my leftover...
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Broccolini Breakthrough: a Simple Technique for Preparing Broccolini
Some vegetables defy me. I fall in love at first sight and fawn all over them, imagining the beautiful meals we'll share. But, then somehow I manage to ruin it all. Oh, broccolini! What a capricious...
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Dine and Dash with Season's First Fiddleheads
It seems as though the fiddleheads came early this year. Maybe it's the hot breath of the year of the Dragon spurring all this warm weather and early growth. Here's what I did tonight: I blanched a...
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Fiddleheads and the Summer of Second Chances
So, this recipe isn't a true "carbonara" since there's no bacon, but there are FIDDLEHEADS, and that's just better.“Fiddleheads with Second Chance Carbonara”A surprisingly hearty spring dish for when...
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The Sweetest Thing: Japanese Sweet Potato -- Eat One Naked Today!
Last night, I ate the most delectable, pure food: a Japanese sweet potato. Normally, if the supermarket has stocked a variety of sweet potatoes, I gravitate towards the deep orange-colored variety...
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Fiddlehead Facts and Some New Recipes
Fiddleheads are an elusive and ephemeral food. They only grow in wet areas for a short time in early spring. They are perhaps the first food the season. You'll find them in the woods, most commonly in...
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To Be Omnivorous: Grass-fed Sirloin Filet with Balsamic-Glazed Mushrooms and...
Is this the first ever meat recipe on Fiddlehead? I think it is! So, I've been mostly pescetarian for the last couple of years, but I've allowed myself meat on occasion (I guess that's called...
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