Soft polenta with white bean, squash, and sage ragout
I made this recipe from Peter Berley’s cookbook Modern Vegetarian Kitchen back when I lived in Pittsburgh, and I remember not liking it very much. But when I was in California last month I was discussing vegetarian cookbooks with a friend of Kathy and Spoons’s, and she had Modern Vegetarian Kitchen. I asked her what her favorite recipe was and she chose this one! I thought maybe I screwed it up last time and so I decided to try it again. Read the rest of this entry »
New kitchen gadgets
I tried a four new well-rated kitchen gadgets last year, and I thought I’d do a quick post about which ones I ended up liking and which ones I didn’t care for. My most exciting new purchase is a pressure cooker, but I haven’t actually taken it out of the box yet. Once I try it out, I’ll report back! Read the rest of this entry »
Italian spiced almonds
Derek came back from Berlin in February with some spicy almonds from the restaurant Little Otik. The nuts were smoky and garlicky and just a little sweet—he adored them. I looked for a similar recipe and couldn’t find anything quite the same, but I did come across this one for Italian spiced almonds. It doesn’t have the smoke, but it has the garlic and the Italian herbs. Read the rest of this entry »
The captious vegetarian 