Small Good Things

You can’t beat this dish for shock value

Exploring the culinary gifts of the New World

Sapahn, grits, armottes, putu, polenta — it’s all good

Stone fruit, that is (peaches, plums, apricots, cherries)

Earth, air, fire, water, corn?

There’s no telling where a “successful” recipe will come from, or what defines success

Tabbouleh as a jumping-off point to high summer “cooking”

We must admit to a large amount of “operator error”

The crunchy “It Girl” of the brassica family

Adding lentils to the morning meal

The perfect way to pay an early welcome to spring

A low-and-slow cooked stew of beef, with onions and beer

There is an undeniable historical inevitability to meatloaf

Who’s up for a metaphorical trip to Spain?

Risotto is a perfect culinary medium for these cold months

A young, sweet bird such as this warrants special treatment

Apples provide an almost perfect counter-seasonal alternative

“You have to eat and keep going.”

What I want is a tall, cold, easy-to-make drink…

The less done to these little spears of heaven, the better

A winter storm in March? I need some sweetness in my life

Ham hock plus beans plus (onions, carrots, turnips, potatoes, cabbage)

A great side dish with a roast or fish, or in its own

Always have a pot of something bubbling away on the stovetop

Too much, too soon, too often