Small Batch Habanero Mango Hot Sauce: Best Homemade Recipe
Marcus wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by his place to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s garage sale—and that smell … Read more
Best Easy Small-Batch Fig Honey Jam Recipe
This was supposed to be a simple fig chutney for a cheese board I was putting together last September. I had the figs, the red … Read more
Best Grilled Peach & Burrata Salad
I wasn’t expecting salad advice from a guy selling vintage tools, but there I was, elbow-deep in a bin of rusty wrenches at a flea … Read more
Creamy Homemade Tomato Basil Soup (Best Easy Recipe)
My neighbor Marco asked me last week why I couldn’t just use canned fire-roasted tomatoes instead of going through the whole blanching-and-peeling routine with fresh … Read more
Best Homemade Canned Roasted Tomato Sauce Recipe
It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late September, and I was staring at a cardboard box of what I’d call “aggressively ripe” … Read more
Moist Zucchini Banana Bread with Walnuts (Easy Recipe)
My neighbor, a retired botanist named Margaret, watched me struggling to carry three overgrown zucchini from my garden to the kitchen. She didn’t say anything … Read more
Best Easy Moist Cinnamon Zucchini Streusel Muffins
I had a long-standing policy against putting vegetables in baked goods. For years, I held this line firmly—zucchini bread, carrot cake, spinach muffins, none of … Read more
Easy Small Batch Cherry Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce Recipe
I was standing in my tiny apartment kitchen last Tuesday, staring at a pint of cherry tomatoes that were about two days past their prime. … Read more
Crispy Garlic Parmesan Zucchini Fritters: Easy Baked Recipe
The neighborhood summer potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 2 PM with … Read more
Best Zucchini Bread Recipe: Easy Chocolate Chip Loaf
I used to think zucchini had no place in baked goods. Honestly, I was that person who’d side-eye a loaf of green-speckled bread at a … Read more