First, is this not the most colorful salad you have ever seen? It is almost too beautiful to eat. Almost. Behold the next installment of my latest obsession, the lovely butternut squash. I’ve roasted, baked, sauteed, marinated and even added it to dark chocolate brownies. All good decisions. This salad tops them all. It’s voluptuous, […]
Category: pickles
lemon, rosemary and garlic pickles
We dye lots of things. We dye our hair to cover up the signs of aging. We dye our shoes to match a hideous bridesmaid dress. We suntan to dye our skin like George Hamilton. But when it comes to my food, I want nothing to do with dye. I will never order a Yellow […]
middle eastern pickled turnips
For the last six weeks, everything has been awash in pink and red in the run up to Valentine’s Day. People scramble for dinner reservations. Vaginas perform monologues. Food gets shaped like hearts. Same shizz, different year. My resistance to this holiday is not caused by a lost love or impending spinsterhood. As much as […]
double chile cucumber kimchee
No sugar coating here. If you don’t like spicy things, this recipe is not for you. But if you are not frightened by serranos, if you love nothing more on a hot summer day than to swallow a stuffed jalapeno whole, and you don’t wince in fear at the sight of a habanero, then you […]