I love, LOVE, to cook, but as the pandemic has gone on and on, this three-meal-a-day-seven-days-a-week cooking routine has gotten old. Food writer Jessica Battilana (who moved from San Francisco to Falmouth last summer) gets it. She has been cooking three meals a day for her family of four since the pandemic began. “I’m good […]
Recipes
How to prep, cook and enjoy stuffed artichokes
Memories of – and a craving for – a mother’s Sicilian dish inspired her daughter to try to replicate it.
In the pandemic, takeout containers are everywhere
What are their impacts on the waste stream?
How to make your own kashk, a creamy, tangy staple of Iranian cuisine
Before refrigeration, a way to preserve milk, today kashk – a creamy, sour, fermented cousin to sour cream – adds depth and body to many Iranian dishes.
Fragrant saffron and sweet onions make this Persian-style chicken and rice a feast for the senses
This meal-in-one-pot recipe is based on an Iranian rice dish called adas polo
Cauliflower soup: Florets, stems, leaves and all
A silky, deeply flavored soup that uses every last bit.
Want golden, crispy fish without deep-frying?
This air fryer recipe is for you.
Homefront: An uitsmijter sandwich for pandemic times
“One of my favorites for a hearty breakfast, brunch or lunch is an uitsmijter sandwich. My family is Dutch and this is a traditional item found on the menu at many breakfast and lunch establishments in the Netherlands. Uitsmijter translates as “forcibly throw out,” which is what eating an uitsmijter does to your hunger. A […]
Crown a bowl of beans with jewel-toned salad for a fresh, flavorful meal
Move over “put an egg on it” – and make way for “top it with a salad.” Just like a fried egg atop just about anything transforms it into a craveable meal (the trend has a popular Instagram hashtag to prove it), a heap of salad piled onto just about anything refreshes it instantly with […]
A towering mushroom Reuben that channels the flavors of the deli classic
I have long enjoyed everything about the Reuben sandwich – except the corned beef. To me, it’s always been secondary to the griddled rye bread, zippy Russian dressing, gooey Swiss cheese and crunchy sauerkraut. I often gravitated toward what many delis call the Rachel, not the infamous Jennifer Aniston haircut, but rather a Reuben made […]