Can you get “slow food” out of quick steps? Turns out, yes. Three nights in a row we ate really well, even though I was feeling deeply lazy. The only thing keeping me from ordering pizza delivery on Saturday was that something was about to go bad in the fridge.
Monday’s polenta squares started as Saturday chicken guilt.
Saturday
The “use or freeze by” date [...]
It’s not an actual secret or anything, but I like to think of layering flavors as an ace in my pocket. It’s a trick that may be obvious, but doing it intentionally makes me feel like a cooking genius. Hey, I’ll take it. At this moment, the kind of “layering” I’m talking about is actually the repetition [...]
Crêpes satisfy the part in my heart that is obsessed with paper. So soft, thin, and light, you could almost send a crêpe as a wedding invitation, layered with vellum and scrolled up with a silk ribbon. Their forgiving, slightly stretchy quality makes them easy to fill and roll up, too. They even open back up [...]
