Tag: Vegetarian-Friendly

I suspect that the time for writing posts about butternut squash and eating things made with butternut squash is quickly drawing to a close. You all want asparagus and rhubarb and meyer lemons and things …

My grandmother belongs to that certain generation that came of cooking age in the 1950's and embraced the introduction of convenience foods with fervor. This means that Cool Whip is in her freezer, …

I've never been the biggest fan of pasta (cue screams of horror from right-thinking people everywhere.) Oh sure, I'll eat it if Mario Batali is preparing it, but the standard home pasta dish of …

When I was pregnant with the Nuni, I ate prodigiously of a wide variety of foods. I have read that the mother's diet can be "tasted" by the baby, and babies develop a preference …

Springtime may be the most eagerly anticipated time of the year. I have vivid memories of the first warm day of each year when I lived on the East Coast – people would emerge …

When Ken and I first moved to Los Angeles, we’d go to our favorite local bar every Sunday night. We’d sit in a booth sipping local microbrews and munching upmarket bar snacks like wood fired …

My early encounters with sweet potatoes were of the Thanksgiving variety – candied from a can and topped with marshmallows and tooth-achingly sweet. I was not a big fan. I wanted dessert for dessert, and …