Cook Food. Mostly Plants.

Many people claim to possess the recipe for the best scrambled eggs ever. Clearly, it's an empirical question, and we are an evidence-ba...

Few things make me happier than the blissful combination of smoked salmon and poached egg. I feel obliged to note that these lack Holla...

Found at Whole Foods: Local eggs from pastured hens at Campo Lindo Farms (for about half the price of the local pastured eggs we get in Cal...

Let's say you have a big package of wild smoked salmon on hand, from Costco, and a few pastured eggs , and some Red Russian kale growing...

For mornings when all you want for breakfast is a plate of dessert, extra flavor, hold the guilt.   Ingredients 2-4 slices fresh bakery ...

Let's face it. Quinoa, when eaten plain, gets a little too quinoa-y about halfway through the plate. Salad, meanwhile, just goes on and ...

A quick and easy picnic on a plate for nights when you're home late and hungry. Ingredients (per person) Fresh chard, sliced into ri...

I'm in love with June produce. (True, some people might think of today as July, but I prefer June 33rd. Anything to maintain the illusio...

This is one of those random, I-don't-want-to-go-to-the-store dishes that's easy, flexible, and makes you wonder why you ever bother ...

The basic idea here is to take something oniony, something green, and a bit of a fresh herb and let them play nicely in a pan together with ...

Scene: Midnight, inside. Lights are off, all is silent. Husband and wife are on the brink of sleep. Husband (suddenly, without warning): W...

Lest anyone ever argue otherwise, let me assure you, as a self-declared Person Who Cooks Things, that there is absolutely nothing wrong with...

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...

Potato pizza has long been a (rare but beloved) favorite of mine, and we had a particularly delectable version at Pizzaiolo in Oakland rec...

The egg recall this week underscored for me yet one more reason to eat local. While the headlines blared with long lists of brands and plan...

I am, I have to admit, a little stumped about kale. First of all, it's one of those hippie vegetables. (Apologies if you are a kale-lo...

Found at the coop: Amaranth greens. No idea what to do with these. The internets suggested something called callaloo soup, which was great f...