4 / 5 Stars | 5 Reviews
by Amy Parsons
“A coffee meringue frosting good with chocolate cakes.”
If the thought of turning on your oven this summer makes you cringe, head outside and fire up the grill instead. From salad to seafood, must-have juicy burgers and rotisserie chicken, even pizza and dessert, here’s 15 delicious dinners (and desserts!) you’ve got to try this summer.
I don’t travel as much as I’d like to, but in a small way I explore the world through my city’s endless array of international grocery stores. Which is how I found myself in a hole-in-the-wall Russian market the other day. Hardly anything was in English, but I asked the owner for tips and picked out a few foods to try. My favorite discovery from this little adventure? Tkemali.
Eating anything from a packet of foil off the grill brings back fond memories of camping with my grandpa Ted. We made everything from trout fresh out of the stream, to a tortilla chip version of Frito Pie with a can of bonfire-hot canned chili. Of course, it’s a fun presentation, but grilling in foil is also a super efficient way to cook. You can parse out servings, keep flavors distinct (go ahead and grill fish at the same time!), and leftovers are take-to-work ready.
If I were forced, because it was my job or something terrible like that, to come up with some sort of World Cup of Pancakes ranking system, it would go something like this: rumpled bed sheet-like pancakes > flat, round disc pancakes. Pancakes with fresh fruit, baked and leaky within > pancakes without fresh fruit inside. Pancakes recipes that instruct only “mix everything” > pancake recipes that make you separate wet, dry and other ingredients. Pancakes that I can decide to make on a whim and have on my plate in just over 20 minutes > pancakes that will find me still ladling, flipping, turning over a hot frying pan with 2/3 of the seemingly interminable bowl of batter still to go 20 minutes later.
Not that I’ve given this matter any serious thought or anything. Surely there are more pressing things that should warrant my attention [such as this apartment that won’t clean itself, or debating whether we should move to a new one (that perhaps will?), or how to unload the 25 cookbooks I just thinned from my bookshelves, something I don’t think would feel more satisfying if I had thinned them from my actual person, etc.] But it’s summer and my brain and ambition have already gone soft. The markets are awash in cherries, and if I could get away with it, I’d spend the next few weeks eating them for every meal of the day.
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4.03 / 5 Stars | 25 Reviews
by Kim Robichaud
“Scallops and spinach sauteed in lemon juice and olive oil; served over pasta.”
One of the biggest complaints I hear about vegetarian and vegan recipes is that they just aren’t enough. I mean, how can a plate full of vegetables and legumes be filling and satisfying? Rest assured, it can be. Here are my five tips for making a well-rounded vegan meal.
Who cooks and eats here: Sandrine Follère, painter and sculptor
Where: Toulouse, France
Last week I had the great pleasure to visit with Sandrine Follère, an artist who lives and works in Toulouse, France. She welcomed me into her home; gave me a tour of the studio where she teaches, sculpts, and paints; and cooked lunch for both of us to share. Sandrine is a gifted improvisational cook and I learned quite a lot from watching her. Zucchini soup, strawberry-tomato salad, foie gras, and more — it was the best lunch I’ve had in a long time!
Sandrine opened her home to share with you, too — come peek inside her simple and lovely Toulouse kitchen, see more of our lunch, and visit her studio.