Cook Food. Mostly Plants.

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...

Quite possibly the best summertime salad of all. After all— mostly plants still leaves room for the occasional giant hunk of steak. ...

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...

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

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...

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, ...

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...

Sometimes dinner should be simple. And recyclable throughout the week. And delicious. It is in these sorts of cases that one wishes for a ma...

A year or two ago, I watched a friend of mine toss some peppers in the oven to roast, so that she could use them throughout the week. Now, t...

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

A few weeks ago, while lunching outdoors in Berkeley on a shady patio, basking in the summery summertime, I was offered a bite of potato sal...

You may have noticed that I have a thing about conquering new foods. First it was kale , I think. Then fish . Cauliflower went from du...

Sea asparagus. Because that is totally a thing. Look it up. Ingredients 2 handfuls (about 3 oz) sea asparagus  (a.k.a. samphire), ...

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...

If you're anything like me, there's nothing less motivating than the prospect of cooking lunch for one. Here's what happens...