more about: vegetables
Cooking With Ramps (And What’s a Ramp, Anyway?)
California has Meyer lemons and avocados; Florida boasts navel oranges; Georgia is famous for Vidalia onions. But here in the Northeast, we can lay claim to that much-anticipated wild spring green, the ramp. What’s [...]
Healthy Salad, Week Two
This salad was the bomb!! As my co-worker said while eating it, “I can feel the energy running through me”. I took one 5-ounce container of braising greens (essentially different types of kale torn [...]
Save Time When Cooking
When you’re making dinner tonight or tomorrow cut down on the time it takes you to both prepare your meal and clean up from it by adding one extra bowl to your counter. While [...]
Recipe Ideas for Spinach
In my big grocery shop this weekend, I bought a big—no, giant—bag of spinach. A bunch of the recipes I plan to make this week contain spinach, so I needed a lot. Yesterday on [...]
The Easiest Way to Cook Vegetables
When I visit the farmers’ market—usually once a week—my eyes are always bigger than my stomach, and I end up buying way more produce than I actually need. My solution? I cook a bunch [...]
Hearty Winter Soup
I love making big batches of soup in the winter and eating them for days and days. It’s always amazing how the flavor changes and morphs as the soup ages. Above is my latest [...]
What is Parsley Root?
I live in a very ethnically diverse neighborhood—Jackson Heights, Queens. Within 20 blocks we have at least five Indian grocery stores, three Asian markets, and many, many Latin bodegas. So on most trips to [...]
An Easy Thanksgiving Side Dish Starring…Brussels Sprouts!
I’m a fan of many fall and winter vegetables. Butternut squash. Cauliflower. Parsnips. But the nearest and dearest to my heart is the lowly Brussels sprout. If you think you hate them, I strongly [...]
Dear Fall, Thanks for the Carrots. Love, Dawn
Dear Fall,Great job out there! The wind is picking up, the leaves are turning, and falling, and wooshing around in tiny tornadoes. The weather is just about perfect for tea and coffee-drinking, slow- roasting, [...]
Keep Your Knives Sharp
Knives can be one of the most intimidating things in the kitchen. From knowing which knives you need, to which knife is right for each cutting job, to how to sharpen your knives, there’s [...]
