HEIRLOOM TOMATO & FENNEL PANZANELLA
This salad is everything ideal for late spring and early summer: the cooling of fennel, the sweet tang of heirloom tomatoes, and the boldness of basil. Plus: toasted sourdough chunks and feta. Need I...
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BLOOD ORANGE & FENNEL SALAD WITH OIL CURED OLIVES.
I’m so into fennel right now. (I’m sure you can tell—almost everything savory I’ve posted in the past month has fennel in it…) The crunch, the sweetness, and the freshness pair so perfectly with both...
View ArticleWATERMELON FETA SALAD WITH FRESH BASIL.
There is nothing that says summer more than this salad: Juicy, luscious watermelon, cooling basil, and mellow, creamy feta. You can eat it outside. You can eat it lying down. You can eat it with your...
View ArticleARUGULA, WHITE NECTARINE & FETA SALAD.
Because we don’t always have time to make elaborate meals. Because simple food allows each ingredient’s flavor to be wholly recognized and celebrated. Because easy is delish. Because balancing salty,...
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MESSY CAPRESE WITH MARINATED MOZZARELLA.
This recipe comes from what is perhaps my favorite cookbook ever (or as my friend Heather remarked quite wisely, “It’s the world’s favorite cookbook, Lily.”), Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi. But seriously....
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GREEK CHOPPED SALAD WITH CUMIN-SPICED CHICKPEAS & FETA.
As much variety as they entail, the truth is that salads can sometimes feel boring. Which, of course, drives us posthaste to a bevy of other not-so-good-for-us foods that seem much sexier. But a Greek...
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WATERMELON & FETA SALAD WITH CHILE LIME VINAIGRETTE.
Super late one night last week I found myself surrounded by a crowd of happy friends at the Ace Hotel Downtown LA, all of us famished and voraciously eating one dish after the next. A salad similar to...
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FRISEE & ASIAN PEAR SALAD WITH PECORINO AND QUICK PICKLED ONIONS.
The first truly carnivorous meal I ever ate was executed by the hands of my friend Micah, husband to one of my dearest lifelong friends, Liba. Micah (who is, by day, an exceptional screen and...
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BALSAMIC ROASTED FIG, FENNEL & ARUGULA SALAD.
Fennel seems to thrive year-round here in southern California, which make me a very happy lady when it comes to salad concocting. In fall and winter, fennel takes on deeper, richer notes, paired with...
View ArticleTOASTED WHEAT BERRY SALAD WITH GRAPES, FETA, MINT AND BASIL.
I love blogging for many reasons (that don’t involve having a captive audience for my musings)—foremost of which is the incredible worldwide community I get to be a part of on a daily basis....
View ArticleJICAMA CABBAGE SALAD WITH SPICY MAPLE PECANS AND POMEGRANATE.
I love when flavor combinations haunt me for days, before I’ve even tried them, the thought of the tastebud magic they might create lodged in my brain. Such is the story of this salad, which is...
View ArticleSIMPLEST WINTER SALAD WITH POMEGRANATE, FETA & BALSAMIC.
make a variant of this salad throughout the year; the only thing that changes is the fruit I use. In the summer, it’s a stone fruit, often nectarine, which pairs plumply with the salt and tang of feta....
View ArticleKALE & ROASTED KABOCHA SALAD WITH TAHINI & FETA.
I cannot stop eating this salad. It’s fortifying. It’s nourishing. It’s creamy. It’s dense. It’s flavorful. It’s bright. It’s sweet. It’s savory. Is there anything this salad is not? It may very well...
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RED BUTTER LETTUCE WITH CRISPY LEEKS, TOASTED HAZELNUTS, FUJI APPLES & CHÈVRE.
This salad is one of the simplest and most elegant first courses imaginable. Red butter lettuce becomes a delicate bed for sweet Fuji apple slices, rich toasted hazelnuts, and deeply fulfilling crispy...
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SPRING PANZANELLA WITH QUICK PICKLED RADISHES.
For me, one of the keys to feeling comfortable in the kitchen was accepting my identity as either a routine person or a variety person. Routine peeps are the folks who eat the same thing for breakfast...
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SUMMER GREENS WITH LEMON HERB YOGURT DRESSING.
When summer comes a-knocking, what do you say? The season asks of us our all, baring every emotional and physical cobweb in the glaring light of long days and warm nights. Summer is an intense season...
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HEIRLOOM TOMATO & NECTARINE CAPRESE WITH BURRATA AND CRISPY BASIL.
There are certain rituals I perform to keep me sane: Brushing my teeth, rubbing lavender or rose essential oil on my chest before I sleep, picking flowers from the neighborhood, making lists,...
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ROASTED EGGPLANT & ZUCCHINI SALAD WITH BASIL VINAIGRETTE.
Nothing is working very well these days. I’ve been sleeping without sheets or clothes, and waking up to air already as thick as honey. The heat encroaches like an ungainly monster and sits, taunting,...
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FALL HARVEST SALAD WITH CRISPY HALLOUMI + IDAHO!
I am slicing apples and thinking about open sky and land and how I might someday merge the city-dwelling and rural-craving parts of me. I am remembering the sweet smell of hay in every direction and...
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A KALE & CARAMEL THANKSGIVING: SHAVED KALE, FENNEL & ASIAN PEAR SALAD.
Today begins our epic journey into a totally vegetarian Thanksgiving feast, which just happens to be totally gluten-free, and could also be made vegan if you really wanted it to be. Growing up...
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