Forage

Grilled shrimp are quick and easy when it's time to start cooking outdoors. After a short marinade, pile them onto lettuce cups and enjoy with mango salsa. Read more

Homemade falafel is such a treat, and this test between fried versus baked showed me how to put it into our regular weeknight dinner rotation. Read more

Here's a souvenir or my recent trip to southern Spain: olive oil cake. It's the ideal all-ocassion cake that mixes up quick and stays moist for days. Read more

This lovely main dish salad brings together spinach, lentils and roasted parsnips as a kick start to spring salad feasting. Read more

This meatball pho--with pork meatballs, whole wheat rice noodles, shiitakes and bok choy in a simple broth--is an ideal transitional meal for spring. Read more