Mother’s Day (Off)
Let’s be honest. Mother’s Day should be renamed Mother’s Day Off. Despite those incessant department store ads, I think I speak for most moms when I…
Spring Fling
Lately we’ve seen a spate of recipes for roasting or braising radishes, which is great. It’s lovely to see this spicy root vegetable get some love…
Low and Slow: Scrambling Eggs the Right Way
We all know how to cook scrambled eggs, right? Stir them up, put them in a hot pan and stir. But eggs actually need a little…
Easy Clementine Marmalade
When the first shipment of clementines arrives in supermarkets each winter, it’s cause for celebration. By then we’ve eaten our fill of apples and pears and…
Stone Soup
Cucina povera. Italian for the “food of the poor.” It’s also the food of my grandmother. She wasn’t Italian, my grandpa was. She was Spanish, born…
Steal Some Sunshine
Mother Nature is a kind soul. In the gray chill of winter, when all things sunny and bright are distant memories, she gives us citrus. Well,…
Popovers for Breakfast
I have a serious relationship with popovers. Like, happily-ever-after serious. So serious, in fact, that every other dinnertime starch seems like a fling in comparison. Quinoa…
Snow Days
While states to our east see snow as something to endure, in Portland, snow is nothing short of a gift. The brilliant white is a welcome…
A Cake for All Seasons
The little black dress: versatile, classic, easily dressed up or dressed down. No woman’s closet is complete without this go-to, never-fail, wardrobe staple. And no cook’s…
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