Just in time for fall issues this lovely read, In Winter’s Kitchen, the latest book from Minnesota writer Beth Dooley, author of several Northern Heartland cookbooks. The chapter on “Wheat” spoke to me as it was in Minnesota that I had my own personal foodie revolution featuring a sourdough starter named Flo, and hence, this […]
Tag: squash
Acorn Squash Burrata and Combat Paper
Combat paper is a project wherein military uniforms are repurposed into paper, travelling the country. KP and I were lucky to enjoy a workshop here in New Orleans at Treo this evening. I cut into the shirt from a man who died in Vietnam in the 1960s. There was still dirt on the stiff collar, […]
Squash Gratin on the Interview Trail
The interview trail is a curious path— I’m a little weary of taking the tour through all the possible different versions of my future self, because it turns out the hall of mirrors goes on in infinite reflection. Strange to think that the choices I make in the next three months will all but shatter […]
Roasted Butternut Squash with Lentils
I am roasting everything in sight. This dish is surprisingly sweet, and without sugar, for those needing to detox post-Halloween. There is nothing more comforting than sizzling gourds in autumn. One of the more creepy sentences I’ve ever written. Roasted Butternut Squash with Lentils Adapted from Food and Wine and Penzeys Spices 1 1/2 […]
Moroccan Butternut Squash Soup
Every autumn I impulse-buy a couple of squashes. I can’t stand it, they make me giggle. Gourds are the most Muppety of all vegetables. They just delight me, and so I absently put them in the cart. Once home, what to do with several pounds of earthen tubers? Squash them, of course. Halloween is the […]