Indonesian Beggar’s Chicken
In the almost limitless world of Chinese food, Beggar's Chicken is a famous enough dish to have its own Wikipedia page. It's a delicacy...
Cauliflower Leek Tots
For me, the tater tot was primarily an institutional food experience. It began with school lunches, showing up at least once a week on...
Even More Vaguely Vietnamese Slow Cooker Pork
Sometimes you run across a recipe and it just sings to you. If you’re nightshade sensitive you have to make sure it’s safe before...
Chaat Masala
Chaat Masala is the perfect example of the stunning diversity of Indian cuisine, so it’s appropriate that I discovered it only while doing some...
Quick Qatsup
Is it spelled ketchup? Or catsup? Or maybe we should really confuse people and roll with qatsup!
Qatsup is a fun and easy food to...
African Peanut Soup
For a college student of middle American, meat-and-potato origins, learning vegetarian cooking in the 1980s was like traveling to another country. Peanut butter was...
New England Clam Chowder
Few foods are more iconic than New England Clam chowder. Potatoes are, theoretically, integral to the flavor and texture of this favorite.
I actually have...
Refried Beans 2.0
Refried's Rebooted was our go-to family bean recipe for close to a decade. Because we’ve been reducing our meat consumption, I’ve been working on...
Two Alarm No Nightshade Chili
Chili often brings out the purists. Some people claim it shouldn't have beans. Others get up in arms about tomatoes.
So let’s really freak them...
Malted Fig Ketchup
Do you know the story of figs? How they begin as an inward facing flower, and how each ripe fig contains the essential spirit...