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Smart Resolution #2: Grow

January 3, 2018

My little lettuce patch on the kitchen counter is a source of great pleasure and satisfaction. When it's a source of salad, the salad delivers a a layer of satisfaction that's unique to eating something you've grown. Resolve now. Buy seeds soon. Plant later.

Eating 2017: 80 Ways Around The World

December 27, 2017

80 Ways to eat very, very well. 80 recipes based on traditional cuisines around the globe. The world's greatest hits. From places and times that never heard of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease epidemics. If you missed out on some of these in 2017, well, it's almost time to make your resolutions for 2018. Bon voyage. Bon appétit.

80 Ways: Morocco in your mouth. Yum.

April 28, 2017

80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Like this Moroccan chicken pie that delivers everything your mouth wants.

Mashed Potatoes

March 16, 2017

You could eat these every day. Not just because they're luscious. Because they provide complete nutrition. A lot of Vitamins B and C. Many minerals. Protein. Carbohydrates. Add a little milk for your vitamin A and a little dietary fat. You're good to go.

Great bread. Daily. Got 5 minutes?

January 21, 2017

Doesn't take a miracle to pop a just-baked loaf of bread out of your oven and onto your table every day. Just takes 5 minutes of preparation and 30 minutes of patience before you slice this great looking, great smelling, great tasting bread.

Yogurt Helper: Concord Grape Edition

October 26, 2016

About 3 cents to transform 6 ounces of plain yogurt to fragrant, flavorful Concord Grape Yogurt. A perfect balance of sweet and tart. No added sugar. Low glycemic load. The flashback familiarity of 1950s grape jelly. The Way you want to start your day.

Collards & Chorizo. Stewed. On Polenta.

October 13, 2016

A body- and soul-warming meal that cooks itself. Soothing and satisfying at the same time it's intensely flavorful. Sweet, sour, smoky, mellow. A day's worth of Vitamin C, two of Vitamin A and a week of Vitamin K. Eat your collards, kids.

80 Ways: Hot, Hearty and Vegan in Nepal

January 29, 2016

80 recipes from traditional healthy cuisines around the world. Daal bhaat tarkari: lentils, rice, curried vegetables. The staple meal of Nepal and much of India. Fragrant curry and Better Cheaper protein.

I’m Cookin’ in Brooklyn. You’re invited!

January 9, 2016

I have no idea what's on the menu. This is a contest. I get 30 minutes to turn a mystery box of vegetables into a winning dish. The only guarantee: it'll be fun and funny. Pretty good chance it'll be tasty.

Best & Cheapest Eats of 2015

December 29, 2015

Two of this year's big revelations in my kitchen were: sauces. Sauces that are deeply delicious and highly aromatic. Sauces that elevate simple ingredients to super satisfying main courses. One's cheap and easy. The other's free and easy. Here's to a tasty 2016 in your kitchen.