Archive for the 'new food' Category
Puntarelle. And what to do if you can’t find any.
October 7th, 2010by Lisa The original story of Rapunzel involves a plant called rampion. This is the plant that the pregnant woman sees in her neighbor’s yard and for which she longs uncontrollably. She says things like, “I will die if I can’t eat some of that rampion.” So her husband steals some for her. Still, she [...]
Nicoise for Kids
September 21st, 2010by Lisa When I was in high school, my boyfriend and I went to Manhattan to see some show or other, but before that, we went to a classic French bistro for lunch. I suppose I ordered onion soup, and he ordered something else, and when we done ordering the server, who was an older, [...]
Learning to Eat: Kohlrabi
August 25th, 2010by Caroline Every summer, we visit my parents so we can glory in East Coast summer weather, grandparental (and parental) affection, and the abundance of my father’s garden. Depending on when we arrive, we might be gorging on berries or potatoes, and this year my dad promised both, but he also offered kohlrabi, a crop [...]
Baccala!
July 29th, 2010by Caroline Our stay in Portugal was planned as a respite, a no-agenda, unscheduled interlude without a lot of sight-seeing. It’s not that Lisbon and Sintra don’t offer a lot to see, but we know that with kids you can only be a tourist for so long before rebellion sets in and you risk finding [...]
Pickles!
May 13th, 2010by Caroline We joke around here sometimes about how I don’t cook dinner, that I only cook the accessory foods (ie, granola, desserts), and thanks to my dinner-cooking husband there’s more than a kernel of truth in that. I like baking, and also it appeals to my sense of economy (there may be a greater [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]