Fresh Basil Pasta

Adapted from Alice Water’s recipe, as published in The Art of Simple Food. To make spinach pasta, Alice recommends gently sautéing ¼ pound of fresh spinach in a little bit of butter. Cook until tender, cool ...

The New Newton

     First the Nillas, and now the Newtons. Watch out, Nabisco, I'm after you. I guess I must have grown up a Nabisco Kid. I can still hear the mid-1980s jingle: the rising intonation of the company ...

the Nuts and Berries Cake

A dear, dear friend from way back when and way down south asked me to bake a cake for her baby shower that she held this last Saturday. About a zillion years ago she and ...