Category: weeknight dinners

I told my husband last night that I loved him but what I really need is a 1950’s wife.  Someone who will hand me a cocktail and my slippers when I walk in the door …

I know when I promised vegetable recipes, you were not thinking "salad." Salad is boring. Salad is easy. We've already thought of salad. Well, salad IS easy, but it doesn't have …

...Of course, once we got home, I had Maine withdrawal. Lobster in California is never, ever, ever $2.99 a pound. So I made do, in a thrifty New England way, and came up …

...The first time I made this street meat, the scent of the rice instantly carried me back to that summer, and I was, however briefly, 24 again. It has since become a serious …

Ordinarily as a Californian, I decry hot weather. “We get plenty of sunshine!” I say. “Bring on the rain and the fire’s cozy glow.” Well, here it is, the end of March, and I realize …

...This dish is a perfect potluck dish -- it's vegan (or not, depending on your additions), dairy-free, egg-free, and not too starchy. You can make it gluten-free by replacing the ramen noodles with rice noodles …

The night my father died, I made dinner. It was a new recipe I was trying, a salad of roasted root vegetables, topped with a salmon filet, broiled in mustard. It was in …