May 24, 2011
Zucchini Pasta with Almonds and Lemon Zest
Our spring has been so warm and sunny for so many weeks, it feels like we're living a perpetual July.
Although this is terrible news for farmers, who need a wet spring for their crop, Parisians have been enjoying this gift of a weather obliviously. Drinks and meals out on sidewalk terraces have become a daily pleasure, as have light dresses and strappy sandals.
Produce stalls bear witness to this meteorological oddity as well: we already have...
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May 12, 2011
Lentil and Kohlrabi Salad
This is the salad I made for lunch the day I moved out of my apartment and into my next-door neighbor's.
It's not what you think. Maxence and I have decided that our kitchen and living room -- which are, in fact, in the same room -- needed a facelift, and after months of imagining, planning, and gathering our strength, it looks like it is finally happening.
It's anybody's guess how long it's all going to take -- you know how it is -- but at t...
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May 3, 2011
Homemade Oat Milk
From the department of Saving Money By Making Things From Scratch -- the same department that campaigned for homemade hummus a couple of months ago -- comes this public service announcement: making your own oat milk is very easy and very cheap.
I don't drink milk myself -- oat or otherwise -- but I use oat milk as an ingredient regularly, in this vanilla oat milk tapioca pudding or in this Swiss chard gratin, but also to make pastry cream for...
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May 1, 2011
May 2011 Desktop Calendar
At the beginning of every month, I am offering C&Z readers a new wallpaper to apply on the desktop of your computer, with a food-related picture and a calendar of the current month.
Our calendar for May is a picture of spring vegetables (carrots, turnips, scallions) grated with the blade of my paring knife, rinsed, and ready to be steamed. The next chapter of their life will then be spent (briefly) on the plate, in the company of a soft-boiled...
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