The new sidebar to this column that serves to both inspire cooks and contain food waste will be called ‘No Loose Ends.’
Recipes
Melissa Copeland’s veggie-rich Mexican rice: A meal in itself
This easy vegan version is inexpensive, too.
‘The Anti-Inflammatory Kitchen Cookbook’ can help you devise, deliciously, a healthful diet
And the recipe for White Bean & Basil Cakes is a keeper.
Try these wok-roasted mussels with lemongrass, cilantro and garlic toast
The recipe comes from a recent cookbook from Boston’s Myers+Chang restaurant.
Winging it: On game day, enjoy this classic with a modern twist
Chicken wings have long been associated with football season, but the popular snack has stepped up its game with a variety of sauces from the wonderful to the weird.
Green Plate Special: An empty nester brushes up on cooking for 2
How to avoid overeating, over-shopping, wasting food, wasting money and eating a joyless diet of leftovers.
Cookbook review: Please give us more of the excellent writing in ‘Extra Helping’
Along with the prose, Janet Reich Elsbach’s new cookbook contains recipes intended to sustain new parents, new neighbors, ill and recovering patients and the grief-stricken.
Before you recycle that jar, reuse it
Rather than waste water to wash used food jars and tubs, first make vinaigrette, dessert sauce, sweetener for tea and more right in the containers.
Green Plate Special: Some tips for sustainable seed-eating
Do you feast on flaxseeds? Snack on sesames? Pig out on pepitas? Follow these guidelines to do so while maintaining a small ecological footprint.
“Seriously Good Salads” is way more than lettuce
These salads require more work than a bowl of greens and store-bought dressing, but the reward is also greater.