Last summer, this spicy green bean recipe opened my eyes to the wonderful world of blistered string beans, reminding me, too, that harnessing the power of a few heavy-hitting ingredients — capers, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes — can pay off big: super-flavorful vegetables in no time. It also ...
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos
I've done a 180. Last week I encouraged you to use canned beans; this week I'm telling you to cook them from scratch AND, if you're up for it, to roll your own flour tortillas. Ignore me. Or don't: Earlier this week, for reasons I cannot explain, I made flour tortillas from scratch, something ...
Simplest Slow Cooker Black Beans
Last week, after announcing my resolve to use more canned beans, my friend Rose emailed sharing her opposite, recently adopted stance: after using canned beans exclusively her entire life, she had started cooking beans from scratch, a batch of slow cooker black beans having showed her the ...
The Biggest Mistake I’ve Made as A Food Blogger
Readers, hello! A little change of pace today. It's been years since I've talked about the "blogging" process here, but in the interest of helping any food bloggers out there, I'm sharing something different today: a Q&A with one of the co-founders of Foodie Digital, a company I've been working ...
Vegan “Tuna” Salad Sandwich
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, ...
