Category Archives: Recipe
Leek Soup
For the past few weeks I’ve been slowly reading one of my mom’s favorite cookbooks, Bound to Please, by the Junior League of Boise. It’s an older book, from 1983, and unless you know me or are from Boise, you’ve … Continue reading
Filed under Gluten-Free, Recipe, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Entrees
Perfect Baked French Fries
Oven-baked French fries can be so tricky to get right, especially when what we’re most familiar with are the ones that are double-fried in vats of hot oil. They’re hard to replicate without, well, a vat of hot oil. In … Continue reading
Filed under Gluten-Free, Recipe, Side, Vegan, Vegetarian
“Everything Soup”: Vegetable Soup with Cranberry Beans, Farro, and Chard
I’ve been asked a lot lately what my favorite food to make is, and while it’s a close tie with many other dishes, soup may just barely take the lead. Nothing comforts me as much as a pot of soup, … Continue reading
Filed under Beans, Recipe, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Entrees
Sofrito Black Bean Veggie Burgers
Last week, when Lesley showed me how to make tostones, she also made a dish of simple black beans that I loved: they tasted fresh and bright, and weren’t the least bit leaden. Sofrito was the secret. It’s a Spanish … Continue reading
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Lentil and Squash Lasagna with Caramelized Onions
My editor/publisher/good friend Matthew Lore at The Experiment tipped me off to this lasagna from The San Francisco Chronicle Cookbook, Volume II, by Chronicle writer Tara Duggan. Only recently did I get around to making it, and wow, I really … Continue reading
Filed under Recipe, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Entrees
