There will be blood orange

“Booze is a busy, busy muse,” says Rosie Schaap in a Food 52 interview about her book Drinking with Men, a memoir … More

February mikan

The fruit at the market is looking very pathetic. Wrinkled, parched, wretched. Even the tangerines (mikan in Japanese, “cuties” in … More

Rounding out my week of veggies with a daikon. What’s a daikon, you ask? Only the most wonderful, sorta spicy, … More

I was all set to post yet another vegetable etegami this week, only to realize that the tomato is… actually … More

Starting out a week of veggie etegami, all painted to be sent out as thank yous! Today is a zucchini, … More

I love figs. I love puns. I love putting together figgy puns.

On August 6, 1945, at 8.15am, an atom bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, in Japan. Today, in … More

Inspired by this delicious recipe for laboo va mast, or Persian beet and yogurt, from Fig and Quince, I bought … More

Red currants, from the Sunday morning Bloomingdale Farmer’s Market in our neighborhood Just what I’ve been searching for–I have had … More

Happy Fourth of July! I’m sure people have all their grills fired up and their fireworks ready to be fired … More