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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 is an easy, different, and delicious take on salmon that's easy to scale up for company or leftovers. Loosely adapted from this rec...

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

Tarragon, it turns out, is a game changer. Apparently you can chop it up with some parsley and chives and use it to make light-yet-buttery, ...

Not yet ready for pumpkin everything? Wade into autumn with this perfect blend of zesty lemon ricotta (remember summer?) and toasted walnuts...

Quick. Before the last of the summertime sunshine and summertime tomatoes fade into foggy memory under the cool crisp footsteps of fall. Ge...

This one is delightful. Butternut squash, braised kale, hazelnut, and Meyer lemon combine to produce blissful happiness. With undertones of ...

You know the saying. When life—in, say, the form of two lovely dinnertime hosts who have just plied you with roasted pastured chicken and gr...

Lately, work has been similar in sensation to a whirpool caught inside a vortex trapped beneath a swamp. Cooking, let alone cleaning up afte...

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...

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

Quick, easy, delightful, and tastes like springtime on a plate. Ingredients Olive oil 1 shallot, sliced 3 cloves garlic, smashe...

Next to fresh fava beans , peas are a cinch. Shell a few handfuls for this light and flavorful risotto that pairs them with pancetta and a ...

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...

Don't judge. Just listen. There's this whole world out there. We talk of Aztec spinach and dandelion greens , investigate the opt...

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This was kind of like having pumpkin pie and lemon bars for dinner. The Sibley Squash from our CSA box this week was particularly amazing, ...

Found in our CSA box: Arugula rapini. Still obsessed with: Homemade pasta. (Really, when you think about it, there was only one thing we ...

One of my favorite things about days that I get to work from home is the possibility of a warm sandwich for lunch. Someday, I will get a pan...

The brilliant thing about risotto, besides the obvious fact that cooking it involves one hand for stirring and leaves the other free to hold...