We had the most delicious lunch at Franny’s in Brooklyn today. The bucatini with sauteed ramps (wild spring onions), olive oil and breadcrumbs were delicious. This seems like an easy one to replicate with any spring onion. The ramps were particularly subtle, sweet and tender. Breadcrumbs gave the dish a nice bit of crunch, which […]

With the warm weather, we’ve been grilling more nights than not. We threw this meal together last-minute, taking advantage of some of the vegetables we had stocked up on for the week. In a single pot, I boiled eggs and halved new potatoes until they were just cooked through, then threw in the green beans […]

When it comes to beets, it’s always way too close to dinner by the time I think about doing anything with them. Lately I’ve been slicing them thinly with a mandoline and serving them raw with a sweet honey-mustard vinaigrette (the sweetness counters the slight bitterness of the uncooked beet). They are beautiful plain, though […]