Kitchen Adventures: When Foods Collide

I overspent and underthought at the farmers’ market this week, so now I’m scrambling to eat stuff before it goes bad, even if it doesn’t seem to go together really well. A CHALLENGE. So far I have made three meals basically just to use stuff up and they’ve all been ridiculously, startlingly delicious. In this [...]

Kitchen adventures: A brownie for the Second Demographic Transition

I may not believe in modern love, but I must confess that I’ve become a convert to the microwavable brownie in a coffee mug, a.k.a. All the Single Brownies. I’ve tried this ultra-internet recipe several different ways and am still experimenting to figure out what works the very best, so use the following as a [...]

Kitchen adventures: Pumpkinification

For some reason Whole Foods was selling lots of heavily marked-down Thanksgiving food last week. I grabbed a can of pumpkin for a dollar and proceeded to use it in black bean chili (not the first time I’ve had good results using a sweeter ingredient in my chili) and in delicious curry pumpkin pancakes, made [...]

VEGAN: Teach Your Kids It’s Not a Dirty Word!

Sorry, couldn’t resist. Anyway, for those of you in need of Lenten inspiration, here’s some service journalism: Serious Eats on going vegan. Includes tips on soup, pantry staples, going vegan for the first time, and lots more.

“I Ate Casu Marzu, aka ‘Maggot Cheese’”

Ye gods.

Kitchen Adventure: Yam Pancakes

I was too tired to make this for dinner last night, so it became a ridiculously colossal lunch today. Half is in the fridge now. If you’re making this dish for one, don’t use two medium yams! Just one. Anyway, I loosely based this delicious dish on this recipe for sweet potato corn cakes with [...]

THE LATKE DOUBLE DOWN.

YES. Via Ratty.

“As I Lay Frying”

Sheer brilliance, via the Rattus.

“Your Guide to a Full English Breakfast (Fry-Up)”

“Much like the beans, the tomato may seem like an optional garnish; I assure you, it is not.”

Kitchen adventures: ginger-peachy!

I know this one sounds weird, but it was really tasty! I mixed chickpea flour with cumin, cayenne, salt, cinnamon, curry powder, and rosemary (in about that order), then added whole milk, minced fresh ginger, and about half a chopped peach. ETA: Oh, and Robusto cheese! That’s a grainy orange cheese with a cheddary bite. [...]