Category Archives: Basics
5 Ways to Use Cashews Instead of Cream (and Not Want to Cry One Bit)
Years ago on this site I let you know that “you won’t find me noshing contentedly cashew cheese in thisView full post »
Anachronism
This is the cilantro sauce you’ve been waiting for. Even if you didn’t know it.View full post »
When it’s right, you just know.
Remember at the beginning of World Vegan Month when I said I’m a ninety percenter? Well, here’s something IView full post »
Nuts for Homemade Crazy Milk
Hold up, now. I have a sneaking feeling that something’s not quite right about the title of this post, but I can&#View full post »
Lobster: A Love Story
All the dirty details on how to select, cook, and eat every last bit of a whole lobster.View full post »
My Perfect Pesto
A simple basil pesto recipe that I’ve tweaked over the years to suit my taste (and, I hope, yours) just perfectlyView full post »
The Easiest Way to Make Homemade Mayonnaise
A recipe for homemade mayonnaise using Mark Bittman’s ridiculously easy food processor method. You’ll neverView full post »
How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs
Making perfect hard-boiled eggs with bright yellow yolks and no hint of chalkiness is easier than you may think. FollowView full post »
Demystifying the Magical Fruit
How to cook dried beans, a recipe for refried beans to please a crowd, and another dose of the two-bit psychoanalysisView full post »
The Ganache Factor
When the ick factor of a given week rises to critical levels, your weapon of choice should be the ganache factor. Here&#View full post »
How to Get Invited Back
The best hostess gift ever, and a tale of fame, fortune, and deception. Also, a recipe for really good chocolate chipView full post »
Canned Tomatoes on NPR
Curious about the potential threats of BPA in tomato can liners? Want to know which kinds of tomatoes make the bestView full post »
Reclaiming Cinnamon Buns
To tell the truth, I’d given up on cinnamon buns. Even as overdrawn emblems of American culture go, cinnamon bunsView full post »
Layla’s Lentil Soup
How do I say this? You are *going* to try Layla’s lentil soup, a humble, simple comfort food that elevates a mereView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Big Bag of Salad (a Seriously Easy Healthy-Eating Resolution)
Happy twenty eleven! Whatever your food-related goals are this year (even if you haven’t got any), there’sView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Classic Pumpkin Soup
This week in the crisper, the classic pumpkin soup—without curry, without crispy pancetta, without dancing croutons—View full post »
Glamour Shots
This recipe for Ghirardelli’s classic blondies is so good it will curl your toes. It’ll curl your hair, tooView full post »
Discard Solids
A recipe for gift-worthy homemade chicken stock that really brings out the big guns, and a rhubarb syrup that comes withView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: 10 Tips to Take to the Farmers’ Market
Simply making an appearance at your local farmers’ market is a great first step toward a healthy and rewarding wayView full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: 10 Secrets for Making the Most of Your CSA
After several years managing and writing about CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), my top 10 tips and tricks forView full post »
Mothers and children. Also, chocolate cake.
Recipe for my favorite chocolate cake frosted with a pink pillow of raspberry whipped cream, and a chance to helpView full post »
Roast Chickens from, and a little much-needed love for, Chez Panisse
Simple recipe for roast chicken with garlic croutons served over salad, adapted from Alice Waters’ delightfulView full post »
My Perfect Guacamole
Easy recipe for perfect homemade guacamole. Equally at home at a Super Bowl party and your summer barbecues.View full post »
Homemade Gravlax Revisited
After much ado, Umami Girl revisits house-cured salmon and finds the perfect recipe for homemade gravlax.View full post »
My perfect oatmeal
A quick, easy recipe for my perfect bowl of oatmeal.View full post »
The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats: Olive Oil Pumpkin Bread Recipe
The Hasbrouk-Gibson ancient family recipe for pumpkin bread made with olive oil. It’s truly exceptional.View full post »
Norwegian Gold Cake with Sour Cream Ganache
Recipe for homemade Norwegian Gold cake with sour cream ganache frosting, and a chance to win the Zuni Café cookbook.View full post »
Homemade applesauce, emphasis on the home.
Mom’s easy, wholesome recipe for homemade applesauce to celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary.View full post »
Homemade pickles are the least of it.
Fast, easy recipe for homemade pickles that can be canned for storage or simply eaten as refrigerator pickles.View full post »
Classic Daiquiri
Recipes for a classic Daiquiri and simple syrup.View full post »
Easy morning muffins, made to order
A versatile recipe for easy, quick, basic muffins that you can customize to the contents of your fruit basket, fridge orView full post »
Basic rights of people and pancakes
Versatile basic recipe for homemade pancakes, with or without whole wheat flour. You shouldn’t have to shop toView full post »
“Why can vegetables?”
Dispatch from our first experience with home canning. We canned crushed tomatoes and used them all year long.View full post »
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