Last fall my friend Diane emailed me this recipe for vegan "no-tuna" salad from the Minimalist Baker's cookbook, Everyday Cooking. "Everyone who tries it," she said, "asks for the recipe." I only just got around to making it a few weeks ago, and while I wish this salad had entered my life sooner, ...
Vegan “Tuna” Salad Sandwich
Homemade Ranch Dip with Greek Yogurt
This recipe is not the result of a mission to create a homemade ranch dip or even to make a "healthier" ranch dip by subbing in Greek yogurt for the mayonnaise and sour cream. Rather it is simply the first recipe I spotted in Alison Roman's new book, Nothing Fancy, that spoke to me. In Nothing ...
Sun-Dried Tomato and Spinach Pesto with Crostini
Earlier this week, while flipping through Danielle Kartes's new book, Rustic Joyful Food: My Heart's Table, I spotted a recipe I hoped might put to use the half jar of sun-dried tomatoes sitting in my fridge. The recipe was for a pesto, something Danielle says she smears over "bread or fish or ...
Peasant Bread Kits: The Gift of Homemade Bread
I've long dreamed of putting together "peasant bread kits" with all the essential tools to make bread baking both foolproof and enjoyable. Are special tools, you might be asking, required to make bread baking foolproof? And enjoyable? Not really. The beauty of baking bread is that it requires ...
12 Gifts for Her
Friends, we're getting down to the wire. I am wholly unprepared in regard to my children (got any ideas??), but I've got my mom, my sister, my aunties, my mother-in-law, my neighbor and a few other gals in my life covered. If you are looking for inspiration, here are a few ideas. Not ...
