Fennel Salad

I always thought I hated fennel because I am vehemently anti-licorice. And yet every time I saw it in the store I wanted so badly to like it. It’s just so fresh and crunchy  and delicious looking. A couple of weeks ago I saw the pile of fennel bulbs in the co-op, with their feathery [...]

Irish Brown Bread

Last year I posted my grandmother’s Irish soda bread recipe for St. Patrick’s Day and it has been the most popular recipe on this site ever since. I never would have guessed. Anyway, the other day I came across a soda bread recipe in The Art of Simple Food. Simple it is, without the butter, [...]

Cornbread for Maeve

Yesterday afternoon I got an email from my niece Maeve who was looking for a recipe for cornbread. I realized that I had no recipe to offer, I’m ashamed to say, because I always just make it from a box. Jiffy. It’s unlike me, I know. But Jiffy cornbread is really good. It’s because there’s [...]

Lavash Crackers

Lately I’ve gotten really into baking bread. I started with the few recipes in How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, which came out pretty good, but in true Bittman style, the recipes were rather minimal, and I thought I needed a little more guidance. So a few weeks ago I went out and bought The Bread [...]

Granola Bars Revisited

Last year after much trial and error I came up with a granola bar recipe that I was pretty happy with. But then a coworker started buying these super delicious energy bars by the case. They were basically just nuts and pretzels stuck together with brown rice syrup. I made a mental note to try [...]