10 Tasty Ways You Should Be Eating Tomatoes
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—tomato season. Tomato season is brief and fleeting, however, so it’s best to go into it with a plan to maximize the potential…
All the Ways You Can Use Peaches Like Tomatoes
If I were to give you a peach and tell you it was basically a tomato, you would look at me with concern. and you would be wrong to do…
Turn a Peach Into a Sweet and Summery Pasta Sauce
Photo: Claire Lower One of my favorite summer dishes is cucumber (or zucchini) butter pasta. All you have to do is grate your oblong piece of produce, cook it down…
How to Make Silky Sauces With More Plants and Less Dairy
A good sauce doesn’t have to be loaded with milk, cheese, and butter. The wonderful thing about plants and plant-based ingredients is how flexible they can be. Whether you’re vegan,…
These Sauces Are Mother, You Listen to Them
A good sauce is key to an exceptional meal. It can save a bland dish, moisten dry meats, or star as the main event (creamy mac and cheese, full stop).…
Make This Cheap Pasta Sauce With Browned Butter and Tomato Paste
Photo: Claire Lower Whenever my boyfriend asks me if I want to “make a sauce,” it is implied that it’s going to be an activity. A “sauce” is not a…
The Easiest Way to Make Your Winter Tomato Sauce Taste More Summery
Besides my birthday, tomatoes are my favorite thing about summer. They are sweet. They are tangy. They are juicy. They are the base of my favorite sandwich. One cannot replicate…
Layer Your Leftovers Into a Lasagna
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann The concoctions I’ve assembled over these post-Thanksgiving days has given me a lot of insight. Specifically, the idea that certain foods “go together” and other combinations…
Caponata Is the Perfect Bridge Between Summer and Fall
Photo: Sam Palazzi Eggplant peaks from summer to early fall, when it can still be harvested young—after that, we’re left with imported, waterlogged stragglers in the produce aisle. So I…
You Should Make This Two-Ingredient Cheesy Pasta Sauce
Photo: Claire Lower I am old enough to remember when sun-dried tomatoes first fell out of fashion. They were everywhere: in savory pastries, grilled chicken pasta dishes, mashed into cheese…