Sourdough Discard Pull-Apart Garlic Bread
I still remember the first time I shaped a ring of bubbling discard into what would become Sourdough Discard Pull-Apart Garlic Bread — the starter hissed like a small …
Marlene Quinn
Easy and Delicious Baked Ziti with Sausage and Ricotta
I remember the first time I made Easy and Delicious Baked Ziti with Sausage and Ricotta on a gray Mendocino evening: the kitchen smelled like warm tomatoes and sweet …
Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Quick Bread
The first time I coaxed a loaf out of a mound of sourdough discard, I never imagined it would become my go-to cozy treat. Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Quick Bread …
Southern Caviar Salad
I remember the first time I made Southern Caviar Salad; the kitchen smelled like warm vinegar and sweet bell peppers, and the light off the Pacific painted everything a …
Delicious Black Eyed Pea Salad
I remember the first time I tossed together a Delicious Black Eyed Pea Salad on a foggy Mendocino morning; the briny tang of the dressing cut through the cool …
Nothing Bundt Cake
I remember the first time I walked into a little bakery and smelled Nothing Bundt Cake as if the ocean itself had folded into butter and sugar. The name …
Best Ever German Chocolate Cake
I still remember the first time I called a cake “the best” right out of the oven: Best Ever German Chocolate Cake appeared in my life on a stormy …
Cowboy Caviar
There’s something magical about food that brings people together, and I remember the first time I encountered Cowboy Caviar. It was at a summer picnic, the air thick with …
Irresistible Smothered Burritos with Green Chile Sauce
The first time I made Irresistible Smothered Burritos with Green Chile Sauce, the kitchen smelled like home and small rebellions—roasted peppers blistering on the stove and onions turning sweet …
Ultimate French Bread Pizza
The first time I called it the Ultimate French Bread Pizza, I stood in a tiny kitchen with salt-streaked windows and a head full of impatience, but I kept …
Easy Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes
The first time I made Easy Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeyes, the kitchen smelled like warm peanut butter and toasted oats, and the fog outside my window thinned enough to …
