Tortilla Espanola is a Spanish tapa (bar snack). It’s made with potatoes, onion, olive oil, and egg and is CRAZY delicious. It’s relatively easy to cook, but the execution can be tricky. You see, you cook the whole mess in a frying pan and then you have to finagle it out by flipping it onto [...]
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How To: Creme Fraiche.
Posted in breakfast, dessert, for veggies, how to, recipes to impress, snackies, tagged buttermilk, cream, creme, culture, dairy, fraiche, handmade, home, homemade, made, milk, yogurt on May 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Alrighty. Creme fraiche. So it turns out creme fraiche is ridiculously easy to make. All you need is some heavy cream, culture, and a warm-ish windowsill. Emphasis on the warm-ish windowsill. I made this stuff in early May and Boston was still dealing with some shitty weather, so although I left my jar out for [...]
How-To: Hard Boiled Eggs
Posted in for veggies, how to, lunch on March 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Oh, hard boiled egg. You are a mysterious beast. I never know when you’ve become successfully hard-boiled. It’s not like I can crack you open to check. Do you like to hide your secrets from me, egg? Hm? That’s not very neighborly. Fortunately, I have found a way to DEFEAT you! Muahaha! The secret lies [...]
Recipe: Pepper Cheese Ball
Posted in for veggies, how to, recipes to impress, snackies, tagged amy sedaris, appetizer, ball, cheese, cheeseball, easy party, food, holiday, holiday party, party, pepper on November 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I am a vair vair bad food blogger. Keeping up with posting really shouldn’t be as difficult as I make it. I cook EVERY day. Yesterday I made some nom-tastic eggplant parm, without a recipe (which I’m still sort of amazed I can do). Today I’ll probably make some butternut squash soup. I should take [...]
How To: Pumpkin Puree
Posted in dessert, for veggies, how to, Non recipe posts, recipes to impress, tagged cake, dessert, fall, homemade, pie, pumpkin, puree, thanksgiving on October 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Alright ladies and gents. It’s that time of year again, the time when most Americans begin to experience uncomfortably desperate pumpkin cravings. You know who you are. You’re the one in the corner mainlining pumpkin spice lattes. Don’t try to hide! YOU’VE BEEN SPOTTED. Ahem. Sugar pie pumpkins and all manner of squash are currently [...]
Recipe: Fiddleheads, Fiddleheads (Pasta…)
Posted in dinner, for veggies, lunch, tagged east coast, fiddleheads, local, parmesean, pasta on June 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Oh, the fiddlehead. What a strange little veggie. I had literally never seen them until a few weeks ago when I walked into Whole Foods and they were situated right in front of the produce section. I thought they were very cool looking, and the sign said that they tasted like asparagus. Plus, they were [...]
Recipe: Cheesy Stuffed Acorn Squash
Posted in dinner, for veggies, lunch, tagged acorn, boston, cheese, massachusetts, orzo, pasta, squash, vegetarian, winter on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I know I talk about this all the time and you probably want me to shut up, but I’m a recent west coast transplant. In California, we get produce all year round. It’s awesome. The local variety changes, so in the winter we get lots of root veggies and greens, but the produce is there [...]
Recipe: Eggplant Parmesan
Posted in dinner, for veggies, sauces and sides, tagged cheese, dinner, eggplant, fried, italian, parmesan, parmesean, recipe, summer recipe on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eggplant parmesan is a dish that is a little involved, but by no means difficult. You have to batter and fry the eggplant (I’ve tried skipping this step, and let me tell you from experience that it is there for a reason; you NEED it!) before you layer the dish (like lasagna) which is why [...]
Recipe: Roasted Potatoes and Tomatoes with Pesto
Posted in breakfast, dinner, for veggies, inventive leftovers, sauces and sides, tagged basil, mushy, overripe, pesto, potato, squishy, tomato, vegan on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hello again! Did you miss me? I’ll bet you did. I’ve had a very hectic few weeks, starting my graduate program at Boston College and moving out of my old place and into the new. Although I am IN my new place I still don’t have any of my stuff, just the items I had [...]
Recipe: Basil Pesto with Walnuts
Posted in dinner, for veggies, sauces and sides on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Summer is in full swing, and as such basil is everywhere. Yes, you can grow herbs at any time of year, really, but right now is when they start propagating out of control. I bought a bunch of basil as big as my head for $2 at one of my local Farmer’s Markets, and aside [...]


