Indulgence: Fried Green Tomato Sandwich
I picked up some late-harvest unripe green tomatoes at the farmer's market, and made fried green tomatoes. Then I stacked them up between bread, lettuce, red onion, and mayonnaise in a delicious sand...
I picked up some late-harvest unripe green tomatoes at the farmer's market, and made fried green tomatoes. Then I stacked them up between bread, lettuce, red onion, and mayonnaise in a delicious sand...
If you happen to live in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Southern California, New York, or anywhere with a Vietnamese population, we hope you have experienced the wonders of bánh mì – b...
Recipe: Tempeh Reubens Category: Vegetarian How long does it take? 30 minutes, tops. Often more like 20. Name: Megan Why is it a favorite meal? It feels so special, and yet it is insanely simple. Li...
Recipe: New Orleans-Style Vegan Muffuletta How long does it take? Category: 35 minutes Name: Lauren Why is it a favorite meal? A scoop of heavenly olive salad jazzes up a run-of-the-mill roast veggi...
This is not tzatziki. We know it looks like tzatziki. And before you ask, "How many cucumber-yogurt sauces does one really need, anyway?" let us explain the difference......
Our love for this sandwich started in high school, when we'd frequently eat a foot-long veggie from Subway after soccer practice several days a week. When we moved to New York, we discovered a version...
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...
Can you tell that we're wild about radishes right now? They're such a refreshing vegetable in the springtime, with their pleasant crunch and gorgeous color, creamy inside and scarlet outside. We threw...
We should have posted this recipe a few weeks ago in honor of Cinco de Mayo, but better late than never... ...
Well, the weather in New York City is going back towards brrrr this weekend, but while it was unseasonably warm earlier this week, we managed to squeeze in one weeknight picnic in Central Park. If you...
This is another installment from the wedding shower/cocktail party we threw last week (where we also served those tomato skewers). We've already made these little pizzas again, they're so easy and goo...
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...
When you have some ripe figs, it's best to treat them simply. We ate this for breakfast yesterday, and it was the perfect amount of sweetness with the creamy ricotta and crunchy, fresh bread......
We should probably be storing our tomato chutney for future months when summer tomatoes are but a distant memory. But once we started thinking about the combination of sweet and tangy chutney with cre...
We're not exactly going to win a medal for figuring this one out, but still. We've eaten this simple, creamy, peppery dish several times at Cafe Gitane in New York City (for breakfast as well as an ap...
Oh, we've been waiting for this for a while... ...
A few weeks ago, we opened our great grandmother's church cookbook at random and found ourselves looking at a recipe for "Untidy Josephs." We quickly realized that these were the sloppy joes of our ...
This is one of those versatile recipes that can serve more than one purpose — dip, sandwich filling, pasta sauce — and it makes use of all those beautiful eggplants that are in season... ...
There aren't many foods that you'll see in the lunchbox of a kindergartner and on the fanciest hors d'oeuvre platter. But the simple pleasure of pimento cheese is a way of life for many southerners, a...
This recipe came about as a result of asparagus fatigue. We love asparagus, and local ones are everywhere right now, but there are only so many things to do with them — roast, blanch, chop up into...
Here in Brooklyn, the weather is still chilly and damp, and hardly the epitome of spring. This weekend might be just warm enough for a stoop picnic, visiting with neighbors and the Sunday paper, while...
The very popular avocado thread last week got us dreaming about our favorite avocado sandwich at our favorite beach cafe. The Mozzacado is an odd yet sublime mix of avocado spread with pesto on a cl...
We were a little surprised at the number of times the sandwich from the film Spanglish was mentioned in the comments section of our welcome note for last Thursday's launch. We definitely didn't suspe...