Seasonal recipes for today's kitchen
The recipe card for this salad is old, wrinkled, and stained. Its shabby condition confirms that we’ve enjoyed eating spinach salad brightened by jewel-like oranges and raspberries, tangy feta, and crunchy nuts over and over through the years. Taking out the recipe card brought memories–Read more
These days of staying put at home have led me to travel the world via recipes. And Colorado’s cold winter motivates me to find food inspired by sunny places—in this case, the warm climes of Mexico. We traveled to the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca–Read more
As summer days heat up, it’s a treat to be able to put together a dish that is beautiful and filling, but requires no heat from the stove or oven. Spinach and Papaya Salad with Cashews has tropical flavors, eye-catching colors, and is packed with–Read more
Like many friends and family, I’ve been working lately at how best to cook from my pantry stores. Almost serendipitously, I ran across a recipe for Monastery Soup while reading Caroline Eden’s latest book Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes Through Darkness and Light. Before I–Read more
The grey days of February have me pining for green things. I want to see the leaves reappear on the trees and bulbs start to push their verdant stems through the soil. I know I will have to wait for the garden to cooperate with–Read more
Waking up to a house that smells of apple pie spices is one way to welcome a day happily. When the spices are laced throughout an easy baked oatmeal brimming with tender apple pieces and tart dried cranberries, breakfast makes the day even better. My–Read more