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By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

Walking into the Baker’s Pin, you are greeted by cheerful decor, beautiful colorful pots and an array of cooking gadgets. It is a home cook’s paradise with everything you could possibly need, from Le Creuset pots to artisan olive oil to high quality...

By MOLLY PARR

My two kids started a whisper campaign about my baking. Bea, my 9-year-old, insists I burned the bottoms of their cupcakes at their fourth birthday celebration. I honestly don’t remember doing so, but they are insistent. Note: My husband just read...

By MOLLY PARR

For the third or fourth time, I auctioned off a gourmet vegetarian meal for four as part of a fundraiser for a local synagogue. This year I offered two separate meals to bring in double the money. I cooked one of the meals last week, and the second...

By MOLLY PARR

They say it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all, but I’m not certain I feel that way about this perfect panzanella that made me swoon before it ended up on my kitchen floor, the victim of a Tupperware mishap in the fridge....

By MOLLY PARR

We are now deep into what feels like the longest five-weekend August ever, which means it is eggplant and tomato season. Every year I forget just how much produce that actually means. Last week the CSA suggested I take 10 tomatoes for my little share....

By MOLLY PARR

I think at this point we have more streaming services than I can count, but honestly, when I want to just sit and watch something, my go-tos are the cooking shows on PBS Create. That’s where I saw Jacques Pepin make this recipe for baked peaches...

By MOLLY PARR

I go back and forth with sharing this recipe for garlic marinated zucchini. On the one hand, it’s extremely delicious, especially served with some slices of thick sourdough and fresh mozzarella. It takes time to salt, fry, and then marinate, but it’s...

By MOLLY PARR

If I’m remembering correctly, the last time I came to this space to talk about rhubarb, I mentioned a rhubarb compote from the book “The Lost Kitchen” by Erin French. The recipe leaned into lemon and worked well with ginger and strawberries.This year...

By MOLLY PARR

I’ll be first to admit that I look to restaurants for menu inspiration in my own kitchen. Broccoli Caesar Kimchi Salad from Vegan Pizzaland, I’m looking at you. And my friend Andrew, to whom I totally owe the recipe for the Kale Caesar Salad from Paul...

By MOLLY PARR

I’ve been on a bit of a salad binge lately. This is not a New Year’s resolution, mind you – past pandemic resolutions have included eating more burritos (mildly successful), and eating things that really hit the spot (wonderfully successful). This...

By DANIEL NEMAN

Sure, you could craft your own block of cheddar cheese, create some Havarti or whip up a batch of gorgonzola.But why would you want to?Most cheeses require rennet, an enzyme found in the stomach of cows (and sheep and goats). Rennet is what gives...

By LISA SPEAR

Editor’s note: In this monthly column writer Lisa Spear indulges her sweet tooth by sampling desserts made at area restaurants.The bitter lavender flower isn’t an ingredient I would expect to find in a cream puff, so it caught me by surprise when I...