In his Martin Luther King Day blogpost, Ozy‘s Carlos Watson calls on us all to find ways forward, to #ResetAmerica. My thoughts — plus a pilaf recipe — are here. I’d love to hear yours. New year! New president! Same old worries from 2020, though. I’m worried about our democracy, our future, and the fact that…
Carving Pumpkin, Carving Out Tradition | Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin carving is a tradition worth having and when you are done, you can turn your handiwork into something worth eating. So long soggy pumpkin bread that’s decidedly un-pumpkiny. I’ve figured out how to bake pumpkin into the kind of bread that would make even the scariest Halloween pumpkin smile. This Halloween, like so much…
Masala Lentils (Sabut Masoor)
Diwali, India’s Festival of Lights, starts Wednesday, but get a jump on the spice-scented celebration with Vegan Richa. Originally posted on 07/13/2015 for Huffington Post Indian Spice Meets American Speed in ‘Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen’ “I always wonder why people are not comfortable with Indian food,” frets Richa Hingle. “It’s so delicious.” It’s richly spiced,…
Nutmeg Eggnot
To my wonderful readers and supporters —ho, ho, ho and all that. Here’s looking at you. Raw cashews need to be soaked in advance for at least half an hour. Consider adding bourbon. Otherwise, only a little holiday assembly required.
Cupid, Psyche and Homemade Granola
Cooking is easy, blogs are hard, at least for me. Not the writing part, the making pretty part, the layout part, the getting text and images to work within the confines of the stupidass template part. A blog muddle yesterday put me into meltdown. Undoing the mess seemed impossible and not even worth trying. And…
