Archive for the 'new food' Category
Learning to Eat Quinces
December 3rd, 2009by Caroline
Winter fruit in California is maybe not quite so varied as summer fruit, but with satsumas, pomegranates, and pears, I’m not complaining. This winter, I’m also optimistically awaiting a new addition to our winter fruit menu: the quince! After years of beautiful flowers from the raggedy little tree in the far corner of our [...]
Betsabe’s Carne Asada
October 28th, 2009by Lisa
Not long ago, Finn and I were walking through Trader Joe’s, when he made his usual pit stop at the samples counter. The offering was pork carne asada, on top of a bed of tortilla chips, sprinkled with cheese. The pork had been microwaved and wasn’t very good, but I could sense that it [...]
Dinner in 20
October 14th, 2009by Lisa
I love to cook. I do not always want to cook. These statements are not mutually exclusive.
While I will very often prep a little bit of dinner at lunchtime (the virtue of working from home), one day last week I had done nothing for dinner. I hadn’t even taken a mental inventory of my [...]
Fast Gnocchi
September 9th, 2009by Lisa
Usually, I make gnocchi from scratch because it’s not that hard and it’s fun for kids to roll out the ropes and cut the pieces. Think play-doh that you can eat.
But last weekend, I spent a blissful weekend in Los Angeles with my friend Melissa Clark (the novelist and creator of BraceFace, and blogger, [...]
Barbeque Red Hook Style
July 15th, 2009by Lisa
I don’t know how I missed this, but I found this post, languishing in my Drafts folder, and, well…better late than never. When we were in NJ, my great friend Molly had us over for the day, and we did lots of fun things, including the Circus on the Barge. But maybe the most [...]
Mueller’s Bakery
July 1st, 2009by Lisa
It isn’t the Cinque Terre, nor is it Venice, and it’s definitely not Paris, where Caroline & her gang are lucky enough to be on vacation, but Bay Head, NJ still has quiet, clean beaches, flanked by stately homes, canals, and Mueller’s Bakery– which has got to be one of the best small bakeries [...]
Agretti Spaghetti!
May 6th, 2009by Caroline
Ever since we found a bunch of agretti in our mystery box, I have been wanting, naturally, to make agretti spaghetti. But somehow the stars aligned toward an Asian treatment first: steamed rice, caramelized golden tofu, and blanched agretti tossed with sesame oil and sesame seeds. The saltiness of the agretti complemented the sweet [...]
Car-what? Cardoons.
May 5th, 2009by Caroline
Learning to eat isn’t just for the kids in our house. Recently we’ve taken to picking up a bi-weekly “mystery box” from a local farmer. She comes to the city to make restaurant deliveries, and makes her extra produce available to those who are willing to pick up an unpredictable assortment. The benefit to [...]
The Power of Suggestion
April 23rd, 2009By Lisa
The age old wisdom is true: put something in front of your kids–even the pickiest eaters–enough times and they will, very likely, eventually, eat it. It may take 6-months or a year or five or ten (as it did with me and squash, a food I refused to eat in any form for the [...]
Have Beef Will Braise
February 25th, 2009by Lisa
One thing I’ve learned doing this blog: food styling is hard. So don’t let the slipshod photo above deter you. This is an amazing recipe that came together one rainy afternoon last weekend. This is done with beef ribs, but I suspect the flavors would be just as good if you substituted some rich [...]