Cookbook of the Month: Radically Simple
This month’s cookbook of the month is Radically Simple by Rozanne Gold. I love this cookbook – it’s 100% true to its title, and in my mind, simple food that manages to generate “radical,” bold, exciting flavor is pretty much the goal of home cooking. As Rozanne quotes in her introduction: “In cooking, as in … Read more
Greatist Collaboration: Pea and Wasabi Soup
March is a funny month. It can be fickle, and torture you with day after day of cold gray rain. Or it can be lovely, full of surprisingly warm days and sunshine that feels like a blessing on bare skin after so many months bundled up. Daylight savings brings an extra hour of light to … Read more
Corn and Potato Chowder
There aren’t many recipes that I make regularly. I could totally love a recipe and only make it once just because there are so many other recipes out there that I want to try. Even when it comes to the basics – pancakes, muffins, spaghetti sauce – I’m always trying new variations on a theme, … Read more
Broccoli and Edamame Soup
I bet you thought that now that I’m done with my cleanse, I’d go straight back to posting recipes for things that included a lot of cheese, cream, flour, and or/chocolate. Well… that was the plan, it’s just that things don’t always go according to plan. This post was supposed to be about a chocolate … Read more
Chili-Chicken Stew with Black Beans and Rice
I really wanted to call this “the fastest soup in the west.” ’Cuz, you know, I just cut up some chicken and opened some cans and threw in some spices and BAM, there was dinner. No pre-meditation, just a sudden flash of inspiration followed by a rush to the kitchen to create the meal I … Read more




