When I started cooking with gluten free flour I thought I’d have to give up some of my favorite dishes. I’m a French-Cajun-I’m-Making-This-Up kind of cook and nearly everything I make starts with butter and flour. Roux for gumbo? Flour.… Continue Reading
Baked cauliflower whipped with Parmesan cheese is so good I’m having trouble describing it. I’m sure some chef somewhere has published it long before it showed up in my brainpan, but I can’t find one exactly like it. It pairs… Continue Reading
This vegan pea soup is the bright, velvety, luxurious star of a great spring dinner, though you can swirl in some creme fraiche if you like. Let’s get one thing out of the way before I attempt to convert you… Continue Reading
Salsa guacamole is not the same as regular avocado guacamole. Regular guacamole, at its simplest, is avocados and seasoning mashed into a chunky dip. Salsa guacamole is more complex, creamy, and may change your “Taco Tuesday” game forever. Salsa Guacamole… Continue Reading
A Mushroom Paste For Beef Wellington Makes Fake Beef Swell Again Duxelles a delicious flavor bomb most often used in Beef Wellington, but if you’re looking for a meat substitute that doesn’t taste like a health food store, you should… Continue Reading
Broccoli and sun-dried tomato pasta is idiot-proof. If you can turn on a stove and boil water you’re qualified to make this dish. Simple doesn’t mean boring, though. Even without making any changes to the basic recipe, roasted broccoli, sun-dried… Continue Reading
Vegan tempeh is one of those divisive ingredients non-vegans are thinking about when they complain that all vegan food is bland. This isn’t true, especially for tempeh, unless you eat tempeh without doing anything to it, which is true for… Continue Reading
Healthy snack recipes for the people. We crave so hard. Our bodies hit the afternoon backwaters and our attention wavers and, oh my God, we need Cheetos. We want Cheetos. We definitely don’t need them. But maybe because we’re tired… Continue Reading
Donate food in Chicago at these historic and well-organized food pantries and food banks, with links to donation pages, and volunteer opportunities. Let’s get a few things straight right up front: Nobody needs a fruitcake. Nobody is so down on… Continue Reading
Thanksgiving leftovers are piled up on my table like a mountain. I could slalom down the north face of the mashed potatoes. There’s enough leftover stuffing to start a bakery. And turkey? Are you kidding me? I’m gonna gobble gobbler… Continue Reading