I ♥ kale

This oatmeal was an exercise in making breakfast as nutritious as humanly possible.  First we soaked the oats, Weston Price style, then add...

We love many things at Picante , but our favorite brunch item hands-down is the enfrijoladas, a homey dish made of their handmade tortilla...

Our outdoorsy friend Tanya makes an annual pilgrimage into the wilds to pick nettles . Then she makes some of them into a savory pie for he...

It's still citrus season in Berkeley, which means we can't get enough of the mandarins, pomelos and sweet limes overflowing at the f...

This is our version of an Indian dessert called shrikhand, a fruit parfait with cardamom-spiced yogurt. This is frequently done with mangoe...

Mashed potato pancakes are an excellent way to turn leftover mashed potatoes into a whole new meal with minimal effort. If you're truly...

On our last night in Kerala, we slept on a houseboat stationed near a rice paddy. When we awoke, our personal chef had prepared a rich egg...

We've said it before and now we'll say it again: well-loved zucchini is zucchini cooked on high heat until all the gross wateriness...

Strata is delicious for brunch or dinner, a really filling rustic concept: an egg custard, cubes of bread, and whatever cheeses and vegetabl...

These fritters, called krefsiyeh , are from Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews by Poopa Dweck. This encyclopedic guid...

Throwing avocado in everything is one of the joys of living in California. So when we had out-of-town guests, we decided to throw it in a f...

This frittata is quick and packed with vegetables--perfect for a spring evening, since you can have dinner in no time and still go for a bik...

It's the international year of the potato , and here's one more potato dish to get you through the winter! This one is from my sis...

*Note to you Bloglines subscribers: we're reposting this recipe to enter into Ingrid's Green Leafy Recipe Contest in hopes of scori...

Mushroom-barley soup is great for breakfast on cold mornings, but sometimes soup is more of a sit-down meal than I can swing before 7 a.m.--...