You know I love eggplant. I can get beautiful ones at the farmers market, so I feast in the summer. Charlie was distinctly cool about eggplant, so our deal was we only ate it during the summer, which I tried not to take advantage of.…

For some unknown reason, the grocery store I patronize had bagged veg on the super-cheap, so a snagged a bag. Or two. Or three. This label looks a bit worse for wear, but the green beans were perfect. I steamed ’em inna bag, then took…

My online friend Janet at This, That, and the Other Thing (she doesn’t use the Oxford comma, but I do!) posted about the Japanese dish, Okonomiyaki. It sounded good, so I decided I’d try it. The first recipes I found online required ingredients I neither…