Prep time: 25 minutes Serves: 2 To assemble the sandwich: Homemade Mayonnaise
Former White House Social Secretary and co-author of Treating People Well with Jeremy Bernard.
Ricotta, Nectarine & Prosciutto Sandwich on Multiseed Bread
Prep time: 5 minutes Serves: 2
Lunch on Toast
These two open-faced sandwiches are the kind of food that take the hipster phrase “on toast” and give it real meaning. The first one, a ricotta, nectarine, and prosciutto sandwich, came from my daughter, who spent six weeks in Italy a number of years ago, taking full advantage of the language (read: culinary) education she received there. She gained a pound a week, eating six meals a day, including one of these sandwiches in tramezzini form, and said it was […]
Windowsill Gardens
Windowsill gardens can be sad affairs. You know what I mean – wilted parsley, yellowed sage, some herb you never heard of and wouldn’t know how to use even if it was healthy, and a gnarled mint plant that can’t push out enough leaves for even one mint julep. Edible plantings should be lush, gorgeous, and bursting with life – and they certainly don’t need to be relegated to the kitchen. I walked into a shop in Georgetown the other […]
Basil Gnocchi Salad with Tomatoes and Mozzarella
I think of this as a Sunday dinner meal, mostly because the idea of making gnocchi from scratch conjures the image of a smiling Italian lady kneading and chopping dough in her sunny kitchen before heading off to church, pulling basil from the pots on her windowsill and enjoying a creative and peaceful moment before the day really begins. If leisurely cooking seems more fantasy than reality, maybe we need to start thinking about “appointment cooking,” rather than “appointment TV.” […]
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