Cook Food. Mostly Plants.

Inspired by  this gorgeous book by Robin Wall Kimmerer, our family has been talking this week about the Indigenous practice of planting cor...

Yep, you heard me. Ingredients 1 cup milk 1 tbsp white vinegar 2 tbsp butter 3/4 cups whole wheat flour Scant 1/3 cup rolled oats 3 tbsp coa...

Here's an easy wintry side dish that's perfect for a dinner party (easy to scale up and just as delicious when it's at room temp...

This recipe is simple enough for a midweek dinner and delicious enough for a dinner party; it works well as leftovers to top a salad for tom...

Broccolini, toasted walnuts, and parmesan put bass notes under a treble clef of lemon zest and still-slightly-crunchy frisée. Easy, differen...

Waffle irons, I fear, get a bad rap. People see them as the sort of item one asks for in a fit of alimentary idealism, only to leave them la...

Sometimes, the world needs more pancakes. Here's my go-to recipe these days...the secret to amazing fluffiness seems to be butter +...

As promised , a roasted kabocha farroto from our Kansas correspondent . If you have not tried kabocha yet, get thee to a grocery store. Un...

The husband cooked this one up in Kansas, loosely adapting a recipe from his produce box. I have now had it twice for dinner, and once as le...

After the husband reintroduced me to kabocha squash by way of a brilliant farroto he invented last month (coming soon to a blog near you), ...

Found in the cupboard: Cannellini beans. Found on top of washing machine: 1 butternut squash (don't ask). Found in freezer: Spinach. So...

This will come as a shock to all regular readers, I know, but the truth must out. I used to not like something that I now love. Shockingly-e...

You say parsnip addiction, I say parsnip penchant. We could agree to disagree, or you could surrender to reality. The proof is in t...

This recipe is what you'd get if you asked Santa for a magical holiday side dish that was all buttery and wonderful on the outside and a...

Every now and then...approximately once a year, to be precise...we manage to roast so many winter root vegetables that we have leftovers. ...

In our ongoing quest to discover easy and delicious mostly-plant breakfasts , we stumbled on this one completely by accident. All you n...

Sweet ripe figs and tangy blue cheese make a heavenly pairing for easy and elegant crostini appetizers, or grab a loaf of Village Bakery &...

Looking for some roasted squash to pair with your braised kale for a cool-weather feast? Look no further. Ingredients 2 acorn squash,...