Last Saturday I was cleaning up my kitchen when I spotted a jar of dried chickpeas. I absentmindedly threw some in a pot to soak without any kind of plan in mind as to what I would do about them. I sort of forgot about them until Sunday, when I noticed the pot still sitting [...]
A few summers ago I had salad at a restaurant in Brooklyn that was topped with a couple of thin slivers of preserved lemon peel. It was the first time I had ever had them and they were delightful. Then this past March I saw a big basket of meyer lemons in the grocery store [...]
By this time of year I’m always ready to start eating light, fresh tasting things. Before the strawberries and rhubarb come in citrusy desserts are the way to go. I’m a very big fan of lemon meringue pie. I thought about making it for Easter, but when I went looking for a recipe I came [...]
