vegetables
Meatless Monday Gets Chefs to Dish for Thanksgiving
IF YOU’RE STILL LOOKING FOR IDEAS for the un-meat part of your Thanksgiving meal, Meatless Monday has invited its favorite chefs and cooks...
Basia HellwigNovember 22, 2010
Move Over, Turkey
MUCH AS I LIKE ROAST TURKEY at Thanksgiving, I’ve always liked the side dishes even more, especially when combined in a crazy spill-off-the-plate...
Basia HellwigNovember 13, 2010
Husbands Who Make Soup Are, Well, Just Wonderful
[caption id="attachment_1175" align="alignleft"]Sweet potato soup with feta and zaatar oil.[/caption]I DON’T KNOW HOW Mr. Mediterraneanista (or BC, as he prefers to be called)...
Basia HellwigNovember 9, 2010
At the Market This Week
JUST LIKE HAVING KIDS makes you feel the years pass in a particularly poignant way, so do weekly visits to the farmers’ market....
Basia HellwigOctober 19, 2010
RECIPE: Eggplant Slices, Pomegranate, Yogurt and Tahini
THESE BAKED EGGPLANT SLICES are excellent on their own, but add the pomegranate vinaigrette and the cool yogurt sauce, with its tastes of garlic...
Basia HellwigOctober 11, 2010
Meatless Monday: Eggplant Emergency
A FRIEND CALLED TO SAY that house guests had come laden with farmstand fare this weekend, and the whole crowd had eaten...
Basia HellwigOctober 11, 2010
Does Your Market Have Live Opera?
MUCH AS I LOVE NEW YORK CITY’S GREENMARKETS, the farmers’ market closest to my heart will probably always be Montreal’s Jean-Talon Market, perhaps...
Basia HellwigOctober 4, 2010
Tomato Sauce, Batch 2
LAST WEEK READER JOHN FROM TORONTO passed on his great you-can-do-this method for making tomato sauce, which he learned from a Sicilian friend...
Basia HellwigSeptember 30, 2010
Eat Less Meat: Sure, But How Do You Get There from Here?
BY EATING THE TRADITIONAL MEDITERRANEAN WAY, of course. By now Mediterraneanista’s loyal readers know that the Mediterranean diet includes a lot less...
Basia HellwigSeptember 28, 2010
RECIPE: Fresh Cherry Tomatoes with Pasta
Serves 4 (unless you’re carbo-loading for a bike ride and then all bets are off) WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER than a dish...
Basia HellwigSeptember 11, 2010