We bought crowder peas at the farmer's market. I'd never even heard of them, as interested as I am in Southern vegetables, but Laws...

You already know, Mom, how much I love okra. I eat it several times a week throughout the summer and fall; when Lawson's plants really ...

Lawson is much better with the wok than I am, so he usually does the stir-frying around here. He's fun to watch. As you can see here, ...

This has been a bountiful berry season. This week it's raspberries. To make this tart I used the crust from the Fresh Blueberry Tart bel...

It's hard to write about cooking during July because the foods I love most right now require no preparation. I'm not from the schoo...

I made pissaladiere for the first time this week. It was pretty good -- not transcendent, but pretty good. I read a bunch of recipes but e...

I was scornful of Mark Bittman ’s list of essential equipment which you posted on May 11 th —however, he pointed me towards one tool for whi...

Oh, wow...that salad I made up in my head earlier this week? It was good. I made a dressing in the food processor using: 1/2 cup peanut but...

I didn't care about watermelon until I moved to the South. I think I'd just never been hot enough to appreciate it. Now I love it. ...

The only thing Mexican about this macaroni casserole is that I happened to get it from my favorite Mexican cookbook ( Mexican Family Cooking...

We had a party for fourteen people on Sunday. It was for Dad’s birthday as well as a kind of yardwarming. We had margaritas, sangria, and ...

Back in 2002 and 2003, all through my gradual unvegetarianing, the Forces of Meat had one weapon more potent than any other. That weapon wa...

Here's the best blueberry recipe! I made the crust in my little convection oven outside. To date I have made many meals in it, including...

On the kitchen counter waiting for me when I returned from my DC trip was this tableau: As you can see, we have a variety of eggplant types,...

I've managed to eat pretty well considering I'm on a dorky business trip, working all day in an office building in an office park an...