Last updated on December 1st, 2020 at 08:05 pm Zucchini and cauliflower casserole is your new go-to one-dish meal. Zucchini and cauliflower casserole has tipped the scales of my work-life balance. A recent chat with a coworker (a fellow casserole enthusiast) she revealed that she celebrates Ritz crackers as the key ingredient to complete the…
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Maple-Walnut Pie
Last updated on December 1st, 2020 at 10:20 am Maple-Walnut Pie is similar to the classic pecan pie but this recipe captures the flavor of maple syrup without the shocking sweetness of the holiday favorite. There’s something magical about a pie contest. Some of the most humble, least competitive people get mixed up in the…
Maple Rhubarb Tarts
Last updated on November 29th, 2020 at 11:53 amOne of the things I love about food is that it has the power to take us to times and places that might otherwise be forgotten. It’s an all-sensory experience. You see its shapes and shades, feel its textures, hear its crunch and sizzle, smell the warm…
Pumpkin Babka
Fall in Northern California… is not quite fall. In San Francisco, there are no leaves crunching under foot and the temperature is more or less the same on October 15th as it is on July 15th. In the Midwest it’s an all-sensory experience that makes death pretty appealing: you can see the leaves transforming from…
How to Make Labneh
My new obsession is Labneh. It’s lebanese yogurt — I’ve actually never had it in a restaurant in Chicago let alone in Lebanon so I don’t know exactly what it’s supposed to be like, so I don’t know if my end-product is quite right or not — but I use it as a dip or…