This recipe came from my younger daughter, who used to buy these chocolate-covered and salted rice cakes at Itsu, a high quality sushi chain in London. It’s so simple to make this low-calorie, sweet-and-salty snack – all it takes are 3 ingredients and a microwave. This is a great sleepover snack if you’ve got kids coming over because it’s also an activity; it’s fun to brush the chocolate on the rice cakes and sprinkle them with salt, and then wait […]
‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free ‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight. – From the Shaker song “Simple Gifts” by Joseph Brackett
I saw a version of this recipe in a British magazine and was so taken with how beautiful it looked that I had to try it. We don’t have the same kinds of melons available here, so it’s a bit different from the original – but it’s also more interesting than the standard watermelon/feta/cucumber combination. And the pistachios give it such a nice pop of crunchy flavor! This salad was a huge hit (I could tell because the moment it […]
The most delicious thing in the world is an ice cold lemonade on a hot Fourth of July afternoon. Do you remember that feeling? You’ve just panted triumphantly around a dusty baseball diamond, or bicycled through the shimmering heat to drop your bike on the lawn and race to the front porch, to be rewarded with an icy glass of citrus juice that glides down the throat, cooling every molecule of your body from the inside out. Here are three […]
Homemade ice cream without the machine! Who knew this could be so easy? Hats off to Martha Stewart for finding a way to make ice cream at home without an ice cream maker. This doesn’t involve rock salt, Ziploc bags, constant stirring, or residual mess. It does make a really rich, sweet ice cream: the kind of dessert you eat in small portions and savor for its freshness. I used fresh blackberries and threw in a couple of tablespoons of […]
