This recipe is a keeper: I’ve already made these flatbreads four times in the last two weeks and I’m sure I’ll be making more of them this week. Thanks to the third (and final) cookbook I received for Christmas, Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty, I’ve discovered a new favorite in our household. Ottolenghi pairs the flatbreads with [...]
Cookbooks are one of my weaknesses, and my family is well aware of this fact. I already wrote about the Dona Tomas cookbook Sam gave me for Christmas, and today I’m going to share about the cookbook my parents gave me for Christmas: Tender by Nigel Slater. The subtitle of Tender is A cook and [...]
When I was growing up, refried beans weren’t something I considered breakfast food. To me, breakfast foods were sweet and made of grain, like Honey Bunches of Oats, oatmeal with a scoop brown sugar or pancakes doused in maple syrup. On the off chance that breakfast foods were savory—like eggs—I thought they ought to be [...]
Three or four times a year, Sam and I brave the Sunday brunch crowd and have lunch at Tartine Bakery. And when I say brave the Sunday brunch crowd, I really mean it: the line snakes out the door and along the bakery windows and it can be thirty minutes before you reach the counter [...]
Hello! My name is Andrea, and I’m a freelance writer living in the lovely, hilly city of San Francisco with my husband Sam.
Recipe Roundup: Citrus Salad, Two Ways
I know what you’re thinking: “Doesn’t Andrea know it’s Super Bowl weekend? Where are the game time snacks? Why the citrus salads? This is a weekend to indulge.” I may be the least interested person in the Super Bowl, but I promise you, these two citrus salads are perfect for game day. I can bet that [...]