Archive for the 'Lisa' Category
Snacks, On Foraging
May 5th, 2010by Lisa
Basically, I find snacks overrated. When Ella, especially, was really young, I rarely gave her those mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, mostly because then she wouldn’t eat her meals. Over the years, I’ve found that the best way to ensure my kids eat a healthy lunch (or dinner) is to minimize what I feed them [...]
Al Fresco Dinner with Cuban Black Beans
April 29th, 2010by Lisa
We’re having a mini-love affair with all things Cuban in our home, which began with Picadillo and may have reached its peak when I read Pete Wells’ piece about scorching but not ruining a batch of black beans.
These beans take some time, but they are surprisingly easy to make and they are completely, fantastically [...]
Lunch with Finn
April 28th, 2010by Lisa
I’m in my last year of having a little one at home (though little is a relative term for my son, who has never been small). Finn attends preschool only 3 mornings a week, I have a sitter for about 5 or 6 more hours, and the rest of the time, we do important [...]
Tomato Surprise
April 20th, 2010By Lisa
This side dish/appetizer is so easy that it would be dumb–if it weren’t so cute. It came about one day last spring, when I was looking for a really fast, mess-free, new way to serve the fresh tomatoes the kids eat every day when they’re in season. Marginally decent tomatoes are just beginning to [...]
Thousand Island Dressing
April 16th, 2010by Lisa
It’s a snack food, a packable lunch dish, a side dish, an appetizer, an all around helpful thing to have in your kitchen. It’s lightening fast to make. It’s completely addictive. It’s a way of getting your kids to eat more raw vegetables. And even you won’t be able to stop eating it with [...]
A Dinner Surprise
April 14th, 2010by Lisa
This is another fast, easy, intensely flavorful recipe that’s great for a weeknight change. It’s also really affordable & relies on things that you can easily keep in your pantry &/or freezer. It saved me over the last month, when I needed to get dinner on table with a minimum of prep work. For [...]
Nuoc Chom
April 12th, 2010by Lisa
This is one of those things that can save your day, and it may be my new favorite thing to keep in the refrigerator. It’s not a dish, per se, but a basic recipe for a Vietnamese dipping sauce that is incredibly versatile and fantastically delicious. The kids go nuts for it.
Composed of garlic, [...]
Fizzes for the Family
March 26th, 2010by Lisa
A few months ago, I had a gin fizz at the Moss Room in San Francisco and fell in love. You might remember my first unsuccessful search for orange flower water . I did find it, however, at Whole Foods, and a few weekends ago I whipped (or shook) a couple up for [...]
Dad in the Kitchen: An Acknowledgment
March 24th, 2010By Lisa
I’ve been quiet here for the last few weeks because I’ve been working furiously on the final edits to my book (!) , Inside Out, which won the 2010 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Award and will be published by University of Nebraska Press next spring. The book has nothing to do with food. It’s [...]
Sunion Tart
March 4th, 2010by Lisa
Be warned: This is delicious, but not fast. It’s fun, but time consuming. It’s really pretty, but a major commitment of energy. Also, the kids might not eat it. Still.
A few weeks ago, Finn and I went to Chabot Space and Science Center for a kid’s science class about the sun. It was full [...]