This recipe so satisfies our fall appetites that we have to share it with you even though it’s history with us is brief. One fall afternoon when one family member was at ballet class and two family members were at the opera, we (Amelia and Kate) went out for lunch, where they had a salad on the menu with both kale AND spaghetti squash. The very thought of that combination thrilled us and we had to negotiate a bit about which one of us would order it. Unfortunately, the salad itself was disappointing. Still, we were grateful because it got our imaginations humming and the following recipe is the happy result.
Read MoreI (Amelia) love tartines. I appreciate the idea of sandwiches, but I usually find that the ratio of filling to bread is off for me. The bread drowns out the filling; and the filling is my favorite part. With one swift decapitation, tartines solve the problem.
Read MoreWhen the girls were barely old enough to go trick or treating, I (Kate) decided we needed to develop a traditional Halloween meal that could 1) be prepared ahead of time without inducing decision fatigue; 2) be sufficiently substantial to offset the day’s candy intake; and 3) taste so delicious that it could tempt bellies already satiated with sweets (back then, I naively thought they’d be eating treats at school Halloween parties as I had. I did not forsee parents who would buy pencils, plastic jewelry, and stickers instead of candy. Nor had I an inkling that I myself might collude with them).
Read MoreGrandma’s been gone for almost twenty years, and I still think of her often. Sometimes thinking of her makes me hungry for tuna salad. I’ve come up with a new-fangled recipe that I know she would like, and I make it at the cabin where we used to spend time together, because it calls for the basic pantry ingredients that we take on vacation.
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