A few summers ago, my wonderful friend Jeannine and I found ourselves at Cakebread Cellars in Napa, and ever since I am reminded of our visit by e-mails from their resident chef with recipes tailored to the wines. This recipe of roasted cauliflower with crab sneaks in a gremolata (parsley, garlic, and lemon zest) and [...]

I’ve been peeling off tape from cardboard boxes this weekend with my move into a lovely neighborhood of wide, wide strollers and dogs with sporty sweaters. Without the splendid crashes, great moves are otherwise very much like a marching band—needing direction and coordinated footwork. March Fourth from Portland, Oregon led this playlist of music about [...]

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On Sunday morning, I followed friendly people up a flight of stairs, to a farm on a roof in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The 6,000 feet of garden still held the remaining chard, glowing in the morning sun, and baby purple lettuces I bent to inspect—and later, I left with a bag full of tiny, soft leaves. [...]

Do you ever crave colors? Tonight, I turned to the stove knowing only that the pasta began with purple. Soon, slender purple kale stems slicked with olive oil rested on top of strands laced with minced raw garlic from purplish paper shells, roasted cauliflower, and Italian tuna packed in oil from an oblong tin, a [...]

Yesterday, after dreams of bacon from Winnie‘s BLT party, I followed the sounds of excited voices to the opening day of the New Amsterdam Market to see local producers and purveyors (and ran into Winnie and Matt, who introduced me to Erika Lesser, the Executive Director of Slow Food USA). Sad to miss the pork [...]