Five And Spice in food
Asparagus, avocado, feta tacos
What do you call a large group of guests about to arrive? A gaggle? A bevy? A pod? A platoon? How about a gift of guests? I suppose one does not without fail feel this way about one’s... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Caccio e pepe pizza with roasted radishes
We spent this weekend in the vegetable garden. It’s hard to imagine a better use of a weekend, I think. You’ve got sun, you’ve got soil, water, and greenery. Those are the... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Baked rice pudding with rhubarb sauce
Gratulerer med dagen! Happy birthday! To Norway. Yes, as I’m sure you realized the very moment you woke up today and had your first conscious thought of the morning, it’s Syttende... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Roasted strawberries with whipped, honeyed chevre
The past couple of semesters, I’ve taught a graduate class on theories of behavior change in nutrition and public health promotion. (Talk about a mouthful of a course name, right?!) One of... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Spaghetti squash with cauliflower, anchovies, pine nuts, and currants
For much of my adult life (starting, even, when I was more adult-ish, than adult), I’ve wanted to have a restaurant or cafe where I was recognized. All Cheers-like, where everybody –... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Mango, avocado, and crab spring rolls
When you think about it, it’s remarkable, really, just how many opportunities we have every day to do something new. Much of the time it doesn’t feel like it. Our days follow... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Since we were talking about butter
As any self-respecting, French speaking, art and food obsessed college student would do, I spent a semester abroad in Paris my junior year. According to my transcript, I was studying something... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Chive pancakes (that is, scallion pancakes with chives instead)
Life is grand friends. Really grand. I can’t stop beaming with pride from every cell of my body, and it’s because of this. It’s a sourdough loaf. It’s the little things,... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
The green madame
I have a problem with, no, let me rephrase that, it’s not really a problem, but I have a predisposition toward collecting little scenes that I see during the day and immediately turning them... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Applesauce and cheddar bread
I wish I were better at canning. And not because I’m buying in to some fantastical homesteading fantasy that’s just part of the zeitgeist. I swear. Ok, well, I totally do fantasize... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Pasta with burrata and kale-roasted garlic sauce
I moved to Boston just about seven years ago. Actually, for those of you interested in geographical specificity, I moved to Somerville. But I didn’t even know what the distinction was... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Scenes from a Saturday
Yesterday we traveled up along Massachusetts’ North Shore brimming with purpose. Brimming also with coffee because that is a central element of a Saturday morning in this household. We were... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Pork braised with beer and cinnamon
Hello friends. How are you? I am well, but my head is quite lodged in a cloud of data. Like the high peak of a mountain, caught in its own little weather pattern of eternal fog. Would that I... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Tartines of pear, parsnip, and blue cheese
My childhood was filled with snowy Easters, the ground washed out with dirty grey snow banks punctuated by brown splotches as taupe as a suburban housing development. We would collect barren... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Spiced sweet potato and leek cakes
Were I a poet, I would write odes in celebration of cardamom. Actually, now that I give my bold statement a little thought, were I a poet, I would probably have much more profound and brooding things... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Roasted beets and arugula with horseradish cream
The other day, I stole a few moments to bop over to Sara’s lovely blog, Sprouted Kitchen, to take a peak at what she had cooking. When I arrived I was instantly arrested, not by the recipe but by... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Roasted salmon with gravlax-style marinade
I am a coveter of ideas. I’m not proud of this. It may, in fact, be a death knell of sorts for creativity – how can you be original when you’re wishing you had someone... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Slumdog Millionaire’s Shortbread
All through our childhoods, my brothers and I were only allowed candy on Saturdays – lørdags godt, “Saturday treat.” Each Saturday we were given our allowance, to drop into the... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Celeriac and apple soup with chorizo chips and paprika swirl
A while back, more years than I’d like to consider actually – oh. yes. that’s a little scary to think about – I took a journalism class. As with so many classes, I remember... Continue reading »
Five And Spice in food
Chili-dusted kohlrabi fries
This is where I am right now: it has been quite a week. Actually, to be perfectly honest, and for lack of a better way to put it, it’s been a pretty terrible week. It could have been a... Continue reading »
