Alex writes from Austin, “Mom, do you know any particularly good chocolate cake recipes?” What better time to post this beauty: Texas Sheet Cake. It is easy and quick and tastes just plain yummy. Ingredients:2 cups flour2 cups sugar1 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt1 cup butter (so far it sounds pretty good, right?)1/3 cup unsweetened […]
Author: Lillian Magidow
Sherwa – Afghani Lamb Soup
This soup is simple and satisfying and turns out great in the crockpot or pressure cooker. It’s essentially a flavorful lamb-based broth with large chunks of root vegetables floating in it. It’s traditionally served with strips of flatbread immersed in it, which I think is even tastier when the bread is stale. You can use […]
Fried Tofu with Indonesian Sauce
This recipe is great for when you want something really nice and simple, especially in hot weather. It’s adapted from the “Sundays at the Moosewood” cookbook, where it’s called Tauhu Goreng Kechap. The sauce is definitely more than the sum of its parts – I really like it. Sauce:2/3 light soy sauce3-4 cloves garlic2 Tbsp […]
The Vesuvio Sandwich
This might be the first sandwich recipe on the blog. When Dan returned from a daytrip to New Jersey, he admitted that he’d had a sultry and unforgivable lunchtime affair with a Garden State native who “had more meat than I could get in my mouth”. Some asshole named Vesuvio. Turns out Vesuvio is a […]
Basic Corn Chowder
You know it’s late summer when you’ve had sweet corn with 9/10 of your past meals. If you’re anything like me, you wind up with leftover ears, either cooked or raw, that you weren’t able to get to before you started on the next batch. This phenomenon coincides nicely with the arrival of cooler weather–all […]
Pão de Queijo – Brazillian Cheese Puffs
I remember looking this recipe up on the internet in around 1998 and I had to do exhaustive searching to find a single recipe. Now there are tons, as well as several videos of how to make it. Pão de Queijo are just as easy to make as buttermilk biscuits, but are arguably more delicious. […]
Moroccan Beet Salad
So this is actually a ridiculously simple beet salad, but I got it from my friend Melanie who just got back from Morocco. Apparently she knows at least two other recipes for beet salad, but this is her favorite: 4 small-medium sized beets1/2-3/4 cup beet juice(produced by boiling the beets)juice of one lemon2-4 Tbsp sugar […]
Turmeric ‘Taters
Here’s an easy and colorful potato side dish that uses the cheerful but under-appreciated turmeric. I’ve only made it in the pressure cooker, but it will probably work in a regular pot if you simmer it carefully. Only use enough potatoes that they will cover the bottom of your pan in a single layer. They […]
Rosy Radish Water Kimichi
The first harvest of my garden has arrived, in the form of red radishes! The variety I grew is called Shunkyo Semi-long and I chose it because it matures quickly. Unfortunately (or so I thought) these radishes are too spicy for comfortable snacking or use in salads. I couldn’t let them go to waste, but […]
Pad Thai
This is the 100th post on the blog! Good work, family–I think we’ve created something wonderful here. Keep on postin’! Now that I’m writing this 100th post, I feel like I should commemorate it with some kind of special recipe, but this is just what I made for dinner tonight. In the end I guess […]