Cook Food. Mostly Plants.

There were cucumbers again in my CSA box this week. At first, my heart sank. Cucumbers again? There are only so many Greek salads one can ea...

Given the existence of a liqueur made from 130 herbs, plants, and flowers , it was surely only a matter of time before this blog incorporate...

The perfect accompaniment to bread and cheese on a hot summery afternoon. Ingredients 1 cucumber or Armenian cucumber (about 12 oz),...

There has been, I'm afraid, a distinct lack of pickles in our household since the Great Deprocessing of Aught Ten, which has struck som...

We are not exactly a beet-loving household. We tolerate them from afar -- in Spain, for example, they sometimes place a beet on an otherwis...

I can't help but feel that kale and I have some unfinished business. After my summertime kale saga and subsequent declaration of victor...

Found in our CSA box this week: Radishes, with lush green leafy tops, lemon basil, and more melons-masquerading-as-cucumbers . Ingredients...

West Indian gherkins . Are they cucumbers? Cacti? Alien pod people? The world may never know. Regardless, you can use them in this recipe...

Clearly, our diet yesterday had to involve a lot of ice cream and sorbet, but we did manage to work in a cold, soft vegetable course as well...

Found in our CSA box: Armenian cucumbers (light-colored and long, and apparently actually a melon impersonating a cucumber, which seems pr...

On Friday, we received our very first CSA box from Del Rio Botanical . We pick it up at a little market right near our house. I've never...