salad
I (Amelia) just can’t get over this salad. Despite everything I thought I knew about celery and its tastelessness, this salad is packed with flavor. I could eat bowls of this and nothing else and be happy.
Read MoreAs it turns out, Winter is one of my (Amelia) favorite seasons for produce.
Yes, Winter, not Summer.
The cold season where everything is supposed to be dead. But everything isn’t dead, and I see that now! Cabbage makes crunchy salads, cauliflower has buttery potential, pomegranates are truly edible gemstones, and my heart dances a little whenever I smell the fragrance of quince or taste a sweet persimmon.
Read MoreI (Amelia) think that my mom’s brilliant idea to dress up an already chopped and prepped bag of veggies is genius. I love salad, but it can be a real hassle— not going to lie. This is a salad for busy nights, when time is limited but you hanker after the freshness of a side salad.
Read MoreMy (Kate) friend Linda Eastley first introduced me to these flavor combinations at one of many happy meals I enjoyed at her home during those formative years when I was newly married and then starting to have children. I was thrilled a couple of summers ago when I made this salad for Amelia and saw how much she liked it.
Read MoreThis salad is a veritable spring festival in your mouth. The flavors are vibrant and the textures are great, too. We like the quinoa chew along with the edamame pop and avocado’s soft richness.
Read MoreThis 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 MoreSam discovered the ancestor of this recipe several years ago in Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem. We’ve simplified it A LOT since then. We have also changed some ingredients, and we love it. In fact, we prefer it to the original version. We love the flavors. We love that it’s exceptionally beautiful. We wanted you to have it now, so you had time to consider it for your holiday tables.
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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