This is the easiest snack or picnic dinner there is. Or, as I did this evening, make it a part of a tapas type dinner. All you need to do...

The title is a bit twee but I couldn't resist as it was so obvious. This is the most springlike of pasta dishes that I could come up...

Wild fiddlehead fern season - so short - is upon us and coincides with the tail end of Meyer lemon season. It made sense (to me anyway)...

Encouraged by the easy success of my Spanakopita Pie, I started to imagine a harvest version, full of layers of fall vegetables in...

I love bite-sized spanakopita as cocktail party fare but often find that a main course portion of the same starts to taste a bit...

This is a pretty classic rendition of a potato salad, except for the fact that the baby potatoes are unpeeled and smashed rather than...

These were truly moreish on their own but the carrot ketchup elevated what is essentially vegetables formed into patties and baked into...

My sister is allergic to potatoes - not in the "let me tell the waiter I am allergic to something I don't like so that it doesn't appear...

This dish is so intensely green that it is a completely satisfying winter vegetable side dish when you can't stand the cold or root...

My grocery store sells bags of these; red, yellow and orange baby peppers mixed together. Contrary to regular sized peppers, afer...

Once or twice every winter I get a hankering for this dish and make such a large vat of it that, even after distributing large containers...

I make 2 different versions of mac and cheese depending on circumstance - one is a creamy, gooey, comfort dish of a bowlful much loved by...

I had my doubts about this recipe when I was planning it in my head but (if I say so myself) these tacos were STELLAR. My mother, L. and...

This is a very pretty Autumn salad or vegetarian appetizer. It was surprisingly easy to make for a dish with such complex flavors. Since...

If there is one thing that I have discovered in California that I will take with me when I go, it is avocado toast and the many...

Today L. got hit in the face by a basketball during gym class. Because America is an unusually litigious country, he was sent home from...

When I lived in Paris, I ordered Poireaux (leeks) Vinaigrette any chance that I got. For some reason I find them irresistable; I think it...

Though I took a rotten photo, I loved this but it got mixed reviews in the household - Stubbie felt that there was too much mint in the...

This recipe comes from my Italian Uncle's side of the family. It is a very simple one and yet so delicious that there are never any left....

I love Felicity Cloake's "how to cook the perfect..." series in the Guardian because she does a lot of research (which I then don't have...

I ordered too much kale about 10 days ago and decided that, rather than overdose on it or waste it, I would make Kimchi (or something...

This is another one of those dips that you can whip up at the last minute for unexpected guests from items that you have in the pantry...

I have been so good at taking photos of my creations recently that I am a little annoyed at myself for enjoying my dinner party so much...

Having made these, it occured to me that they would be a lovely contribution to an Easter meal because they come across as spring like...