Charred Eggplant and Tahini Spread

If I were a vegetable, I would like to be an eggplant. This recipe is in fact included in my advanced directive.   Charred Eggplant and Tahini Spread Adapted from Bon Appetit 2014 1 large eggplant, cut lengthwise into quarters ¼ cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper […]

Twice-Cooked Latkes with Shallot Cream

Karl-Peter has commanded a Belgian strike today in the kitchen. I woke up to make waffles, a choice KP discouraged because it was too Belgian. I have no such superstition. There is no way the universe sees my breakfast as a weight to tip the scales in the favor of Belgium over the US soccer team. […]

Spicy Sauteed Kale at a Pig Roast

Okay, how easy is this? Who doesn’t have time to be healthy now? Here is dinner for under 5 bucks and less than 20 minutes. And, if you live in Minnesota right now, you might have this growing in your yard or showing up in your CSA box this week. There is something so beautiful […]

Sweet Pepper Bread with a Chicken Report

In the company of chickens, we have lived the last two months in a constant state of awe and pride. I have an ever-so-slight personality disorder with obsessive features which exacts upon me the onus and delight of data collection. I can say with certainty the last two months have been productive in the egg […]

Tunisian Chicken Kebabs with Currants and Olives

Every now and then I have the strange experience of looking at the possessions I own, unable to recall why I ever wanted them in the first place; usually this experience transpires after I spend time with people for whom I would trade everything in, no questions asked. Everything for a few more seconds of […]

Chocolate and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies

I have a new idea for breakfast. I think these count. Chocolate and Walnut Oatmeal Cookies Recipe recommended by Kim Wiseman 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup whole-wheat flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg, lightly […]

Salted Caramel Pecan Tart for the Craving

“Imagine a Carthage sown with salt, and all the sowers gone, and the seeds lain however long in the earth, till there rose finally in vegetable profusion leaves and trees of rime and brine. What flowering would there be in such a garden? Light would force each salt calyx to open in prisms, and to […]