Holiday food gift: fig-thyme jam.
For several deeply held reasons, I am attempting to scale back the scope of Christmas (at least the spending and gifting parts of Christmas) in favor of a quieter, simpler, more loving approach. Because I have …
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Couscous with roasted vegetables.
This easy recipe for couscous spotlights flavorful roasted vegetables. This is a terrific side dish for chicken or grilled fish.
This week at the farmers’ market: SF edition.
… and, we’re back … Funny: For a food blog, writes4food was unexpectedly quiet last week, arguably the most food-focused week on the U.S. calendar. A couple of reasons for this: One, we don’t do Thanksgiving. …
Avoiding kitchen disasters.
Even accomplished home cooks feel the pressure of preparing a big feast for family and friends on Thanksgiving Day. It’s a perfect storm of anxieties: Beloved traditions, high expectations, a huge menu and a big crowd …
Walnut blue cheese spread.
I’ve had a request to bring this walnut-blue cheese spread to Thanksgiving—again (it’s THAT good)—so I thought I’d share the recipe—again. I originally spotted this easy recipe on the blog Homesick Texan, and I doctored it a …
Better than store-bought: compound butter.
I regularly have herb butter on hand in the freezer—so last weekend when Rob grilled some good steaks, I topped each one with a sliver of basil-garlic butter made with ingredients from my garden. My herb …
Helping a family farm.
My friend and former colleague Beth Dean and her husband, Bill (along with their two young daughters), raise heirloom Red Wattle pigs on their family farm east of Cincinnati. I don’t know how they do it: …
Recipe revamp: fall granola.
I posted back in May of this year about finding the perfect homemade granola recipe after much sampling and experimenting. And just to prove that cooking is, indeed, one big experiment, I’ll share a seasonal revamp …
In praise of: the automatic chopper.
On a recent visit to several antique shops, I scored this: a vintage Anchor-Hocking Automatic Food Chopper. I place the word ‘Automatic’ in air quotes, because there’s really nothing automatic about it. But it’s super handy, …
