I’m sort of obsessed with carrots. I eat them every day at lunch. And then again at dinner, sometimes. I think we go through a couple pounds a week.
They’re a healthy snack. They can be used to great effect in either savory or sweet dishes. Mmm… carrot cake. And [...]
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Spicy Pickled Carrot Sticks
Goat Cheese & Moroccan Onion Jam Bruschetta
I’ve been to Marrakech, but this recipe was inspired by “pastures” closer to home: a restaurant in Potrero Hill called Baraka. Although I haven’t been in years and it closed in 2009, this one dish sticks in my tastebuds.
A combination of Mediterranean and North African flavors, you get creamy, tangy goat cheese with lusciously soft [...]
Summer Chopped Salad of Tomatoes and Corn
Fresh tomatoes and corn are two of the summer farm’s greatest treats. The large, fleshy tomatoes are a healthy delight that seem decadent and a bit like forbidden fruit. Corn on the cob, on the other hand, brings me right back to childhood with butter dripping down my chin and kernels stuck between [...]
Gefilte Fish: Jewish Soul Food
The Jewish holiday of Passover, which celebrates the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt, began on Monday night. As the story goes, after Charlton Heston dropped serious plagues on Rameses & Co., the Jews had to flee Egypt so fast they didn’t have time to let their daily bread dough rise.
In commemoration of this, during [...]
Farro of the Unknown
Farro is one of those grains that has always caused me pause – what exactly is it? how do you cook it? will it be mushy? I was plagued with doubt and avoided cooking it for quite some time. The other day I swallowed my fear and decided to do some [...]
Giant Butter Bean & Feta Gratin
I’m cursed by a total inability to cook the “magical fruit” from scratch. Every time I try, I end up with rock-hard nubbins that would be better as pebbles on the bottom of a fish tank than dinner.
Fortunately, there is a wide selection of the canned variety at the store.
While I like bacon as much [...]
Cranberry Bulgar with Figs
I’m always looking for good, healthy alternatives to rice and couscous. Bulgar has more fiber, vitamins and minerals – plus it’s low in fat. More importantly it requires very little cooking and is served at room temperature! Commonly used in Mediterranean, Turkish and Middle Eastern dishes, bulgar has a nutty flavor and is produced in [...]