I went to a get-together for neighborhood women this week and, within a few minutes of my walking in the door, someone shoved a piece of paper into my hand, insisting I use the email address she’d written there to send her the recipe for the pot-luck item I’d brought: No-Knead Bread. I’d thought I…
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Making Meyer Lemon Curd
I’m sure I’ve raved before about the incredible Meyer lemon tree that came with our house in California. It was legendary — we couldn’t keep up with its prolific production if we tried (see above). When people came over, they were given leave to pick at will, and take home as much as they could…
Recipe: Kid-Friendly Pressure Cooker Picadillo
A few years ago, my cousin turned me on to the pleasures of pressure cooking. If you’re going to make soups, stocks, stews, legumes, or even risotto, it’s a huge time-saver. It makes it possible to make things on weeknights that you’d usually hold for the weekend because of too-long cooking times. This also means…