For twelve years, I lived in Arizona, where authentic Mexican food was within three feet of me at any one time. Oh, friend. That food was a-MA-zing. The homemade tortillas! The (very) hot salsas! The margaritas! (Ahem.) When I ...
Once upon a time, we lived in the country. During that magical time, we had a ginormous garden. In the first year, we had 17 tomato plants of several varieties. There is nothing like fresh tomatoes in summer – until ...
If I had to pick my favorite wild plant that is readily available in a grocery store produce section, it would be dandelion greens. Yes, the weed most of us yank out of our gardens! Wild plants like dandelion greens ...
My absolute favorite recipes are the ones where I don’t have to do anything aside from get the ingredients together, and that includes only having to clean the one dish they were combined in. During winter, that means a ...
This mildly spicy Hot and Sour Soup makes a wonderful side dish to any Asian or Asian-inspired entree, but can also become a main dish itself with the addition of half a pound of cooked, shredded chicken during the ...
Banh Mi is the Vietnamese word for bread, but it also refers to a sandwich in Vietnamese cuisine that is stuffed with some very specific ingredients and flavors. When I lived in West Africa, I lived across the street ...
I’ve raved before about how much I love basil. And I think I say that every time I publish a recipe with basil in it. But I usually use it in unexpected, sweet applications – ice cream and beverages ...
This lamb recipe, like many of my recipes, was a happy accident one evening as I was trying to clean out the fridge and use up ingredients before they went bad. I abhor food waste (yes I meant to ...
