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07/12/12 • THE BIG CHEESE-Y From the July, 2008 Gourmet click here to view the recipe Here’s the irony of summer cooking: despite the powerful pull of all the warm weather bounty that’s suddenly available, one must also negotiate the fact that when the temperature spikes our willingness to stand over a hot stove often takes a dive. At least that’s been the case for me during the past few weeks, a period in which it w

06/28/12 • TABOULEH 2.0 From the June, 2012 Bon Appetit (click here to view the recipe) I suppose any number of factors could compel a person to march into the kitchen and start cooking, but for most of us it probably comes down to the very basic understanding that food made by our own hands simply tastes better than the alternative. It was that belief, anyway, that was rattling around in my head as I set about assem

03/15/12 • KALE AND HEARTY From the Nov., 2011 Bon Appetit (click here to view the recipe) Several weeks ago, in my posting for French chocolate cake, I promised to return soon with something healthier and less guilt-inducing — “a kale salad or some such,” were, I believe, the words I chose to capture this as yet undiscovered healthful item. Now as you’ve probably observed from my previous nine months of recipe refle

12/22/11 • LIGHTS, ACTION, . . . LATKES! From the Oct., 2007 issue of Fine Cooking (click here to view the recipe) Many years ago I wrote a piece for a women’s magazine about growing up with two mothers — my biological mom and my step-mom. The two households were vastly different and shuttling between them presented some challenges at times, but those differences also offered a lot of benefits. That’s something I’m p

12/08/11 • BACON ONION BONANZA From the Nov., 2011 Saveur (click here to view the recipe) Since sitting down to write this week’s posting I’ve been slammed with “urgent” emails relating to everything from a mysterious leak that’s appeared in my downstairs neighbors’ closet; a busted basin in my bathroom that’s rendered the sink unusable; a variety of issues relating to my upcoming office move (insurance certificates,

10/20/11  • BRUSSELS SPROUTS SALAD From the Oct., 2005 Gourmet (click here to view the recipe) I’ve probably walked through the Union Square farmer’s market a thousand times by this point in my life. That’s not all that surprising; I’ve lived in the vicinity for most of the past 23 years. What is surprising, though, is that it was only last spring that I actually slowed down enough to really take in what was piled on

07/01/11 • CLASSIC POTATO SALAD From the June/July, 2011 Saveur (click here to view the recipe) When summer rolls around I find there are certain foods I’m drawn to that during the rest of the year barely register on my desirability meter. For some of these this has to do with an impulse to capitalize on what’s freshest and most in season, but for others it’s simply a Pavlovian response to the weather and everything

06/21/11 • TOMATO COBBLER From the July, 2011 Martha Stewart Living (click here to view the recipe) One of the benefits of obsessively flipping through the various cooking magazines each month is that from time to time you land on a dish you know will end up in regular rotation on your dinner table. Such is the case with the cherry tomato cobbler pictured here, from the July issue of Martha Stewart Living. This is a