Late spring, 1981. Sitting on the side of the pool at the YMCA, the sound of distant thunder in the background, whispering through gritted teeth, “Please don’t rain, please don’t rain, please, please don’t rain.” The skies grew darker with Read on!
Driving down 290 one wet, drippy day last winter, I noticed a warehouse, empty, abandoned, and desolate, with the word “wool” painted on the side, atmospherically faded, close to disappearing. We love that look in Austin–faded remnants of a rural, Read on!
1/2 cup French (small) green lentils 2 cups water 3/4 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped (2 cups) 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 3/4 pound kale (preferably Tuscan; sometimes labeled “lacinato”) 3/4 pound dried short Read on!
By Elizabeth Winslow “Change the station!” When my children are in the car, starving to death after school, the radio can be torture . . . “three all-beef patties sizzling on a fresh-baked, cheese and bacon-stuffed bun . . . Read on!
2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger 1 1/2 tablespoons minced green garlic 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems trimmed, caps sliced 8 ounces white mushrooms, sliced 4 ounces cremini mushrooms 1 bunch spinach, stems trimmed 6 spring Read on!
1# sweet potatoes, washed 4 Tbs. butter, softened 1 Tbs. white miso paste 3 sping onions, white and light green part only, minced Roast sweet potatoes at 450 until soft. Mix butter, miso, and scallions together until creamy. Split sweet Read on!
There’s something about the competitive nature of professional cooking that turns me off. Sure, I held my own though years of smack-talk and innuendo in restaurant kitchens, yelling and flying food, and burns worn like badges of honor, but none Read on!
Feel free to mix & match greens according to what you have on hand. 8 cabbage leaves (from 1 large head) 1 lb mustard greens 3/4 lb turnip greens 1/2 lb beet greens (from 1 bunch beets; including stems) 2 Read on!
Twine, butterflies, quill pens, little worms, wheels, snails shells, little ears, angel hair, twins, radiators, cocks’ combs, shoestrings, little tongues, wood knots, little sparrows, rifles, and priest-stranglers. An accounting of the goods and customers in a post-apocalyptic rag and bone Read on!