A colorful and savory fig and cantaloupe salad that’s perfect for early fall.
Hakurei Turnip Salad with Radishes and Bitter Greens
A simple hakurei turnip salad with sliced radishes and lemony bitter greens.
loaded sweet potatoes with tangelos, avocado, and haloumi
Decadent yet healthy loaded sweet potatoes topped with tangelos, avocado, and haloumi, and drizzled with a tangy ginger-citrus vinaigrette. This post is sponsored by Knowledge Universe. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
feed a child, nourish a mind + curried sweet potato soup
My first Brooklyn apartment had a distant view of the Chrysler building. You had to climb out the kitchen window and stand on an adjacent roof to see it, but still it was there. Brian and I would sit out there in the evenings, filled with all the optimism that young love and any kind of view of the NYC skyline inspires, and dream our dreams. We planned to take the city by storm. We’d also talk about having kids and all the things we wanted for these potential humans. [Read more…]
potage parmentier (potato leek soup) with toasted pepitas and herbs
Antoine-Auguste Parmentier, for whom potage Parmentier and a host of other potato dishes are named, is the rare agronomist whose life makes for an interesting read (George Washington Carver is another and after that I’ve got nothing.) While we now think of the potato as central to European peasant cuisine, that wasn’t the case in Parmentier’s time, prior to the French Revolution. An import from South America where it was a staple for the Indians of the Andes, the potato hadn’t caught on as human food in Europe and was thought to only to be edible only for animals. [Read more…]