How to Get Free Grape Leaves (and What to Make with Them)
Consider the underestimated grape leaf. Each year, grape vines are cut back, and turn brown and woody, then emerge vivaciously fresh with green shoots in the late spring. These vines…
The Best Food Deals and Freebies This Fourth of July Weekend
Whether you’re hitting the road over the long weekend, or staying local, you’re going to have to eat at some point. Fortunately, there are some tasty food deals and freebies…
You Can Make This Bananas Foster In Just 10 Minutes
Bananas foster has a reputation of complexity. Newcomers to the retro dessert might not know much about it other than that it’s a dessert with a fancy name, and that…
Stop Making Strawberry Jam and Make Vinegar Instead
Once a year, everyone I know becomes a farmer. They plan ahead, pack a picnic, grab a hat and head to a farm to pick strawberries. Flats fill up with…
This Two-Ingredient Strawberry Sambal Salsa Will Knock Your Socks Off
My kitchen produces two things each year that are universally loved by my friends: sambal and fresh, fermented salsa. It did not occur to me to combine the two until…
The Panzerotti Needs Your Attention, Please
I’m no stranger to the tempting world of Italian carbs. I’ve had flavorful pizzas, fluffy zeppoles, and strombolis stuffed to near bursting. Yet, I feel betrayed. Why did it take…
Your Smoothie Bowl Could Use Some Tofu
Maybe I’m lying to myself, but I believe chilled foods in the summer months make me feel colder, and I don’t care who says otherwise. Now that the ol’ summer…
Three Ways to Make Your Instant Pot Dishes More Flavorful
As you have probably heard, Instant Pot—or the company that owns Instant Pot, rather—has declared bankruptcy amid declining sales. I don’t have a head for business, but my gut reaction…
Turn a Box of Jiffy Mix Into a Batch of Waffles
I will always be charmed by a little blue box of Jiffy Corn Muffin mix. I would never actually serve the muffins as cornbread—they’re too sweet for that—but they make…
Hot Days Call for Iced Pickles
Many years ago, I dined at the now defunct New York City location of Mission Chinese, a restaurant that was plagued by labor issues and various scandals, the smallest (and…