White Bean Spread
Now I like hummus as much as the next gal, but hummus isn’t the only way to turn…
Carrot Pie
My first pie of spring will be rhubarb custard, but those little rhubarb shoots are taking their sweet…
Homemade Veggie Burgers
Veggie burgers don’t always have to be seen as a second-rate meat substitute; at their best they have…
Savory Lentils & Greens
I didn’t mean for this dish to be so good. I was really just looking for something…
Cooking Dried Beans
Dried beans are one of the few food products that are cheap and durable enough to also double…
Potato Skin Crisps
As I have mentioned before, potato skins can be put to good use in making a flavorful batch…
Whole Wheat Crackers
I enjoy all of the little– shall we say– particularities of working with pastry doughs. They must be…
Vanilla
Vanilla– how on earth can I pretend to write about kitchen economy and still write about vanilla? Famously…
Homemade Vanilla Extract
If you read the “ingredients” section in any book with a pastry chef’s name on the front, you…
Cabbage Stem and Fennel Salad
Ingredients: The stem from one small head of cabbage one small head of fennel half of an apple…
Bread Scraps
Leaving leftover bread out to stale is actually on of the best ways to preserve it. When my…
Labne (Yogurt Cheese)
Cutting back on my budget has, inevitably, meant cutting back on cheese. Cheese really ought to be an…