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Celery and Fennel with Walnuts and Blue Cheese

Celery and Fennel with Walnuts and Blue Cheese

Unfortunately for celery, the nicest thing most people can say about it is that they like to eat it with their buffalo wings; but the merits of this very good and underrated vegetable are plenty, and well . . . I LOVE CELERY.

Salted Citrus Salad with Fennel, Radish, and Olive

Salted Citrus Salad with Fennel, Radish, and Olive

Sure, citrus is soft and I would definitely call this a “Crunchy Salad.”

Iceberg with Pecorino, Crushed Olives, and Pickled Chile

Iceberg with Pecorino, Crushed Olives, and Pickled Chile

I’m proud to declare that I don’t just tolerate iceberg, I love iceberg. I want it. I crave it. I shop specifically for it.

Lemony Watercress with Raw and Toasted Fennel

Lemony Watercress with Raw and Toasted Fennel

Mostly a salad to celebrate the specialness of a good, peppery watercress, there is also crunchy fennel tossed with some thin (whole) lemon slices.

Chicories with Preserved Lemon, Yogurt, and Mint

Chicories with Preserved Lemon, Yogurt, and Mint

I prefer to drag and dip my perky, seasoned lettuces through a tangy sauce rather than weigh down the leaves with a dressing, making them all sad and wilty.

Escarole with Mustard and Spicy Guanciale Bread Crumbs

Escarole with Mustard and Spicy Guanciale Bread Crumbs

The nutty, umami-y nutritional yeast acts as a lighter, brighter parmesan.

Spicy, Giant Crunchy Corn

Spicy, Giant Crunchy Corn

They are wildly addictive and will probably upstage anything else you serve, so be prepared.

Overnight Focaccia, Tonight

Overnight Focaccia, Tonight

Does it use freshly milled grains and a naturally fermented 58-year-old starter? No. Is it fluffy and light and oily and crispy and tender and chewy? Absolutely.

Seeded Breadsticks with Parmesan

Seeded Breadsticks with Parmesan

If you’ve ever turned balls of Play-Doh into thin ropes so you can coil them and make mini beehives, you can transform this dough into long, elegant breadsticks.

Tiny Peppers with Yuzu Kosho

Tiny Peppers with Yuzu Kosho

The peppers in question are tiny little shishito, which, sure, can be spicy, but not always.

Tangy Roasted Mushrooms

Tangy Roasted Mushrooms

These mushrooms get roasted so their mushroomy flavor concentrates and the texture changes from soft and slimy to firm and meaty.

Spicy Tomato-Marinated Feta

Spicy Tomato-Marinated Feta

This is my tribute, using fewer ingredients and fresh tomatoes instead of dried for extra sauciness.

From the book that gave you Anchovy Butter Chicken and The Cookies. Published in 2017! Were we ever so young?

From the book that gave you Slow Roasted Chicken with Tomatoes and Brown Buttered Salmon with Red Onion, Capers and Dill, it’s Nothing Fancy. Published in 2019! Imagine!

Something from Nothing

From the book that gave you Blueberry Cornmeal Tart and Old Fashioned Strawberry Cake. Published in 2023, this is the third book in the collection. Mostly desserts, yes, but also some baking that is quite savory (Tomato Tart with Crispy Capers and Garlic, savory scones, etc).

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Almonds Anchovy Apple Apricot Artichoke Arugula Asparagus Avocado

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Bacon Banana Beans & Legumes Beef Beets Blackberry Blue Cheese Blueberry Bread Brisket Broccoli Broccoli Rabe Buttermilk

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Cabbage Capers Carrot Cauliflower Celery Chicken Chickpeas Chicory Chiles Chocolate Chorizo Cinnamon Citrus Clams Coconut Corn Cornmeal Cranberries Cucumber

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Dates Dill

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Egg Eggplant Endive Escarole

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Farro Fennel Feta

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Grapefruit Green Beans Guanciale

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Harissa Hazelnut Hominy Horseradish

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Kale

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Labne Lamb Leek Lemon Lentils Lettuce Lime

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Maple Syrup Matzo Mushrooms Mussels Mustard

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Olive Onion Orange

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Panko Parmesan Parsley Peach Pear Peas Pecan Pecorino Pepperoncini Persimmon Pickles Pineapple Pistachio Plum Pork Potato Puff Pastry

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Radicchio Radish Red Onion Ricotta Romaine Rutabaga

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Sage Salmon Sardines Sausage Scallions Sesame Shallot Shrimp Squash Steak Strawberry Sweet Potato

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Tahini Tarragon Tofu Tomatillo Tomato Tortilla Trout Tuna Turkey

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Walnuts Watermelon

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Yogurt

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Zucchini