Chicken with Spinach Indian-style
Indian cuisine has a way with spinach. Unlike other cuisines, how those dishes are prepared – and even the ingredients […]
Seasonal Tart: Spinach, Dill and Ricotta
I love an excess of a single ingredient that allows me to experiment. Watch what you wish for! Opening day […]
Impromptu: Curried Sweet Potato, Chickpeas and Spinach
It was just one of those days. I came home late and my husband came home early. While the refrigerator […]
Baby Bok Choy in Garlicky Oyster Sauce
Simple, immediate, delicious. This is my favorite way of preparing bok choy, especially when they’re young and tender, 5 inches […]
Waste Not Want Not: Pickled Chard Stems and a Bunch of Ways to Use Them
The weather turned reliably warm and my chard bolted. I don’t mean, found the door and vamoosed. I mean, developed […]
Spring Spinach and Herb Gnocchi
The sweet spinach of spring heralds a growing season of bountiful greens. It is the time of year when the […]
Springtime Pasta and Beans Two Ways: Zucchini with Lemon, and Spinach with Spring Onions
These are not your mother’s pasta fazool. But true to the peasant origins of the traditional Italian dish, they both […]
Mustard Greens Soup with Corn and Black Beans
Making this soup was a real stumble-on event. I had picked up a giant head of red mustard at the […]
Baked White Fish with Spinach, Leeks and Mushrooms
In early spring, the leeks and spinach from the farmers market are unbelievably sweet and delicious. The spinach has none […]
How to Eat Your Lawn: A Salad of Bittercress and Violets
I don’t weed my lawn. I eat it. One of the earliest food crops in my yard is bittercress, a […]
Dark Days 16 Vegetarian Challenge Part 2: Cauliflower and Collards Custard with Carrot Ribbons
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For […]
Dark Days 15 Vegetarian Challenge: Pumpkin Polenta with Kale
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For […]
Risotto with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage
Ta da! My first experience growing broccoli rabe has been a success. I planted it in early September and hoped […]
Spinach and Ginger Soup
Cleansing, comforting, there’s nothing like ginger to ease you from last year to next. Restorative and regenerative as opposed to […]
Dark Days 2: Ginger-Scallion Fish with Chard and Butternut Squash
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. After […]
Braised Chard Stems and Potatoes
I have the good fortune of having my in-town garden full of chard following a season of heartbreaking local crop […]
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