Depending where you live, tomatoes may just be coming into market. This dish is very much okay with slightly under-ripe tomatoes. Ingredients 4 ounces whole-wheat bread, no crusts (remove crusts before weighing) 2 garlic cloves 1…
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Pumpkin and Ginger Scones
This breakfast pastry is ideal the day after Thanksgiving, in case you’re still hankering more of that pumpkin pie flavor! Ingredients ¾ cup whole-wheat flour 1 cup all purpose flour ½teaspoon salt ¼teaspoon ginger ground 2teaspoons…
Buttermilk-Biscuit Shortcakes
A mix of faith, magic, and technique is needed to make biscuits. After using your hands to pull together the dough, you fight through a stage where you feel like scrapping the entire mess, and before…
Gluten-Free Penne With Peas, Ricotta and Tarragon
The best reason to go with penne for this particular dish, is the delight of finding peas that have snuck inside the little tubes! A simple dish, sweetened with tarragon, and very quick to make. Must…
Winter Squash and Molasses Muffins
Reminiscent of pumpkin molasses bread, these muffins aren’t as sweet, although they can be sweetened with extra molasses or sugar. Ingredients 2 pounds kabocha squash (cut in large pieces) 1 cup (140 grams) whole-wheat pastry flour…
Black-Eyed Pea Fritters
This recipe is renowned chef Pierre Thiam’s unique take on a traditional Senegalese dish – the accara, or black-eyed pea fritter. Sold on street corners across West Africa, often as a sandwich on a fresh baguette….
Green Papaya Salad
Green papaya salad goes by ‘som tum’ in Thailand, som means sour, while tum is a reference to the pounding sound a large pestle makes when crushing ingredients. Often eaten as a snack, or alongside marinated…
Buttermilk Marble Cake
Adapted from a version serve at the 76th birthday of legendary Southern chef Edna Lewis, this cake is delectably tender & moist. As far as cakes go, this is quite simple to put together, and the…
Apple-Gruyère French Toast With Red Onion
The bread takes on a soft, cakelike texture due to its custard bath, making it distinctly light & fluffy – a nice accompaniment to the sharp cheese, caramelized apple & savory onions. This sandwich may not…
Spaghetti With Shrimp, Kale and Tomatoes
Black kale is a particular favorite of mine for this recipe. Blanch them in the pasta’s cooking water, chop, and add to the tomato sauce at the end of the cooking to merely heat through and…