Tag Archives: Veeegs

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: composed salads are probably our favorite thing to make, even more favored to eat. This one is a bit of a mish mash of components; but they all reconcile in your … Continue reading →

New Year’s Eve eats at the Hot Knives hearth means stuff you can easily dip or grab in between sweaty, whiskey-spitzed brit-dance hits and afro-beat freak-out jams where every partygoer in the house grabs a metal bowl and slotted spoon … Continue reading →

We prefer to roll deep when it comes to Thanksgiving menus. Mash and roasted root vegetables? No problem. Two different batches of stuffing? Why not? Seitan meatloaf wrapped in seitan bacon… sure, we’ve considered it. In fact, it is rare … Continue reading →

The cooling final months of this intense and triumphant 2008 necessitate warm and hearty sustenance. In these tired economic times, one cheap and awesome go-to is always the bean and for us vegetarians the myriad mini legumes that make up … Continue reading →

We did not pull this name outta nowhere: The Frogs sometimes refer to their national salad as Insalata Nizzarda, more popularly known as the nicoise. The mother of all deconstructed salads. The Foucault of lettuce. With its cold, charred peppers, … Continue reading →

One of us had our first taste of muhammara — the nutty pink paste of walnuts and charred bell peppers — on a dashing date with a gorgeous lady friend. The other one of us tried muhammara for the first … Continue reading →

Talk about mangia, mangia, mangia, mannnn. On a recent herby Sunday afternoon, we popped a bomber of ale and picked some fresh basil and got the hankering for a sloppy trough of pasta. You know, the kind that clings to … Continue reading →

Still summer! Summer can be a season of plenty. For those of us with quant home gardens, “plenty” is no problemo. But for friends of ours like Aubrey White, who helps run a dozen-or-so acre community garden, plenty can mean … Continue reading →