Apartment Therapy: Keeps Well

Recipe: Cuban Black Bean Soup

When I was a kid, we lived in Miami, and we had a Cuban neighbor who I only remember as "Mrs. Garcia." She had arrived in Miami via boat from Cuba, and I don't know where she is now, but she gave my ...

Comfort Food: Shepherd's Pie

It's been a little nippy in San Francisco recently, and I started craving one of my favorite comfort foods: shepherd's pie. Or cottage pie to you readers in Australia and the UK. This meat and veget...

Cool Weather Recipe: Gingersnaps

A handful of gingersnaps, a cup of tea, and a cool fall afternoon - what could be better? These cookies are wonderfully snappy a first bite, but then melt into gingery goodness on your tongue. We neve...

Copycat Recipe: DIY Nutri-Grain Fruit and Nut Bars

Of all the pre-made and pre-packaged foods that we've been trying to move away from, we've found it hardest to let go of snack bars - particularly Nutri-Grain's Fruit and Nut Bars. We were devastated ...

Recipe: Homemade Beef (or Turkey or Fish) Jerky

Lobel's Prime Meats on Manhattan's Upper East Side is known for their fine (expensive) cuts of meat, excellent service, and family-owned small-shop vibe. So it was with great excitement that I opened ...

Elizabeth's Perfectly Portioned Frittata
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Perfectly Portioned Frittata Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 20 minutes Name: Elizabeth Why is it a favorite meal? I love breakfast for dinner, but mostly, they are so wonderful be...

Got Tomatoes? How To Make Tomato Paste

Rich, savory tomato paste is one of our absolute essential kitchen ingredients. Just a tablespoons adds a wonderfully deep tomato flavor to our pastas, sauces, and spreads. We always have a can or two...

Recipe: Quick Feta and Olive Spread

We modeled this dish after something similar we've seen ready-made at Whole Foods. It couldn't be simpler, and you can buy half the ingredients in one trip to the olive bar at the grocery store....

Recipe: Potato, Squash, and Goat Cheese Gratin

This is an easy, rustic recipe that makes a great vegetarian meal or a pretty summer side dish. We carted the whole thing over to Central Park the other night for an impromptu picnic dinner....

Recipe: Frozen Nectarine-Yogurt Pie

In the summer, we want fast, easy, and, if it's hot out, cold desserts. This is one of the simplest out there—even quicker if you use a prepared pie crust. Just fresh, ripe fruit, yogurt, some whipp...

Sumo Sunomono: Quick Noodle Salad with Pickles
Guest Post from Pierre Lamielle of Kitchen Scraps

If you plan on strutting around in nothing more than a tightly pack mawashi (sumo g-sling) this summer take some dietary advice from the dudes who make their living as male bikini models. There is a l...

Recipe Inspiration: Pearl (Israeli) Couscous Salads

We've been semi-obsessed with pearl couscous; it's so attractive in early summer. It feels lighter than pasta, yet more substantial than traditional couscous, and it's the perfect base for one-dish me...

Recipe: Farmer's Lunch Sandwich

We first became addicted to this sandwich when it appeared on the deli menu at City Feed and Supply, and quickly adapted it to our own kitchen! With grainy mustard, sharp cheese, and some crunchy appl...

Feeding a Crowd: Frittata Squares

A frittata is one of our favorite one-dish meals. You make the whole thing in a skillet, it takes minimal effort, and it's inexpensive. We usually make ours in a 10- or 12-inch fry pan, which works we...

Cooking Basics: Very Easy Pickling

We love pickles, and we especially love the variety of flavors and vegetables being used to make them these days. But we've tended to shy away from making them at home, thinking that pickling requires...

Recipe: Crunchy Granola Bars

Yesterday we reviewed Emily Franklin's Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, and 102 Recipes, a great book full of improvisational cooking and healthy, practical, delicious recipes. W...

Recipe: Broccoli Slaw

We grew up eating broccoli salad that had raisins, peanuts, a sweet mayonnaise dressing, and toasted Ramen noodles on top. It's a delight, which you know if you've had it. But every time we look up a ...

Recipe: Sweet and Tangy Homemade BBQ Sauce

We moved on from bottled vinaigrette to our own homemade versions years ago, but for some reason, BBQ sauce still came from Kraft or K.C. Masterpiece. And there's no reason for that, when it's so easy...

Make-Ahead Lunch Recipe: Big Green Salad with Shallots, Chicken, Smoked Almonds, Goat Cheese, and Dates

Last week Emma urged us to make our lunches ahead — having a big bowl of something you can easily take to work is one of the best ways to make sure you eat a homemade lunch instead of going out ...

Make-Ahead Lunch Template: Pasta Salad with Veggies, Cheese, and Greens

Earlier today, we started talking about strategies for making lunch ahead of time for bringing to work. This pasta salad is one of our favorite templates for make-ahead lunches. Everything can be prep...

Recipe Redux: Italian Chicken Salad...Pasta

This is a quick weeknight meal that can feed a crowd—and it's even easier if you have a batch of our Italian Chicken Salad already made. We had the ingredients on hand the other day but wanted a big...

Try This! Homemade Matzo

Most commercially-made matzo is about as tasty as the cardboard box it comes in. We imagine that making it ourselves has to be an improvement and we're curious to give it a try. Has anyone made homema...

Weekend Snack: Milk and Honey Peanut Butter Balls

Do you have any recipes that take you straight back to childhood? These peanut butter balls are one of those for us. But they're not just an exercise in nostalgia: these quick, easy little snacks are ...

Recipe: Italian Chicken Salad Sandwiches

This is chicken salad for the mayonnaise-hating crowd. Even if you happen to think mayonnaise is perfectly delightful, this is a nice alternative. We discovered a recipe for it last summer (indeed, fo...

Recipe: Spring Greens Pesto

Faith's post about watermelon got me thinking about what I'm craving: pesto. The fact that basil isn't growing anywhere near New York City, at least not directly out of the earth, is one reason why pe...

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