Have you eaten Concord grapes? They're everything kids don't like about grapes--tough skins, big bitter seeds. The flavor is so inte...

Oh, this was so good. I made a raw tomato sauce out of: - 10 medium and small ripe garden tomatoes, seeded and chopped - 3 cloves garlic, m...

Last night we had Zucchini with Bacon (and onions and tomatoes) from Rustic Italian Cooking , roasted potato wedges, and salmon patties. The...

Asparagus was a vegetable I learned to love all on my own, as an adult. When I was a kid I always had to choke it down with my nose plugged...

Tonight, tofu with spicy Indonesian sauce. I made this up years ago. This baking process is my usual way of prepping tofu for recipes. Tofu ...

Friday night we went over to the neighbor’s house for a swim with snacks and wine, then progressed to our place for dinner, at which we ate:...

I like when one meal feeds another -- when something left over can be used again in a new way. There are lots of brilliant examples of doub...

I continue to work on slow-rise bread (see August 17th). I find that good equipment is so important. Pictured here is a Marie Callendar pie ...

I wish I could eat lunch at home every day. For one thing, food on a real plate is so much more appealing than food in a plastic container,...

I really love canned tuna. I make tuna salad with curry powder and pecans and grapes, or cubed raw apples and red peppers, or balsamic vine...

We ate a lot of meat over the weekend: Genoa salami on pizza Friday, burgers and salmon Saturday, bacon for breakfast Sunday. By Sunday nig...

We had commercial take-out pizza Saturday night, and it made me rededicate myself to cooking fresh, unsalty things. It was horrible. Rubbery...

Tomato gravy is one of those Southern foods for which there are hundreds of different recipes. I, of course, believe Lawson's recipe is...

I read the "Easy Riser" article by Jeffrey Steingarten you sent me. I love the idea of his slow-rise bread but he used white flour...

It had to be done, right? Right? I love okra. I love pizza. We have many fresh tomatoes. Tomatoes, okra, and corn go together brilliantly....