The other day I got an alarming series of texts from my friend Camille. She had just baked a batch of muffins, cooled them, and set them on the countertop […]
Category: Recipes
Recipes Gone Wild: Beer-Steamed Mussels and Oven Fries
Ah oui…mussels and fries, moules frites as les sophisticates call ‘em. This classic combo just might be my dream meal. I nearly always order them if they’re on the menu, and, […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Pumpkin Pie Chia Pudding
Halloween may be long over, but those little decorative pumpkins, the sugar pie variety, are still gracing the table tops and window sills of homes and shops around the neighborhood. […]
Greenpoint Community Cookbook
Ingredients for a Community Cookbook: 1. An awesome neighborhood (i.e. Greenpoint) 2. A variety of fun and delicious recipes — be them Italian, Polish, Nigerian, Israeli, Korean, Colombian, Japanese…the more […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Spicy Peanut Butter Veggie Sandwich
I’ve had Balinese food on my mind ever since a recent dinner at Selamat Pagi, near McGolrick Park. I’m in love with their menu, maybe in part because what they […]
Recipes Gone Wild: New Amsterdam Clam Chowder
Clams have feelings too, you know…maybe? Disturb them and they’re liable to spit right in your eye. Such an action, so uncouth, so impulsive, warrants a long vacation in […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Never Enough! Roasted Garlic
Nothing is easy. Especially not figuring out what to make for dinner, which can actually feel like sort of a chore if you cook a lot. Having said that, I’ll […]
Spice Fix – “Seasonal Spices” Spice CSA
I’ll admit it. My spice cabinet is a bit of a mess. Â And it seems the more cooking I do, the greater into disarray my cache of seasonings falls. Â A […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Concord Grape Crumb Bars
A friend of mine and I were just discussing which of our senses we could live without. After a bit of thinking I had settled on smell— a decision directly […]
Recipes Gone Wild: Sour Cherry Far Breton
Following Jen’s lead on Monday, I’ve got more love here for The Bounty, plus a recipe! On my last visit there, surveying the menu my eyes immediately closed in on the dessert […]