Carrot Fire Pickle
If your world is still covered in a slippery layer of ice — like the one that slid off my roof yesterday afternoon — the zippy-hot zing of mustard in these pickles will warm you right up. Continue reading
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French Lentil Soup with Roasted Carrots and Mint
This soup, from Love Soup, is kissed with Moroccan harissa and fresh mint, two flavors that do not feature regularly in my very white, very suburban memories of home cooking. No matter. The nostalgic flavors of home aren’t necessary to evoke that feeling of warmth and belonging, and we can make our own impressions of home cooking with wild, fresh, and unexpected new flavors every time we cook. Continue reading
Roasted Carrot and Avocado Salad with Orange and Lemon Dressing
Despite the bum of a summer we had this year — nary a tomato and few zucchinis to be seen — our CSA was somehow able to produce some of the most luscious carrots I’ve ever had. They are crisp and sweet. They are thick and even a little juicy. They are quintessentially, deeply carroty, and they require little more than a quick scrub — peeling is totally not necessary. Continue reading