You like chickpeas? I love chickpeas! Also known as garbanzo beans, which always sounds to me a little like a Muppet character. ANYWAY, I not only like chickpeas, I love, love, love big leaves of sage pan-toasted until they’re crisp. So this is like the…

As I often point out, I’m not a vegan. I’m not even a vegetarian. Charlie and I just don’t eat much meat, and less and less all the time. One of the things I do miss? Barbecued pork. I do love that stuff. So I…

Sometimes grating a vegetable and squeezing all the moisture out of it just seems like too damn much work. Other days, it’s like zip! magically swift and easy! It’s like having a layabout genie in your brain who occasionally gets fits of energy and actually…