Warm salad with roasted mushrooms and tiny roasted potatoes and...
Isn’t it funny how big events seem to go so quickly in other people’s lives? They fly by in bright fleeting flashes of significant moments. You hear somebody is pregnant, and next you know they have a...
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Roasted cauliflower and chickpeasWelcome to The Ordinary: Extreme sports zone! As you no doubt know, we have an extensive sporting complex, here at The Ordinary: from the pristine olympic-sized pool on...
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When I was younger–shall we say early twenties?–I wrote a screenplay about a man who wouldn’t leave his front porch. He’d travelled the world, and then something happened, but I don’t remember what, or...
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Roasted grape tomato crostiniA while back I was standing in the kitchen at work waiting for food to run, and I chatted with the food runner, who was standing in the same place with the same intent. For...
View ArticleButter beans with chard, asparagus, fennel, and castelvetrano olives
Butterbean and spring vegetablesI’m always in a hurry when Isaac and I walk to school. He’s an ambler, and he’s not concerned at all about the dire consequences of tardiness. One of us has to be! As a...
View ArticleRoasted beet and red pepper salad with pistachios and goat cheese
Roasted beet and red pepper salad with pistachios and goat cheesePeople rarely ask me what I do. At the parties we attend–the fairly constant stream of casual gatherings, galas, brunches and...
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Roasted beets and sweet potatoes with fresh tomatoes and mozzarellaHere at The Ordinary’s home for over-used and worn-out metaphors, we’ve been visiting an old friend. We’ve been thinking of a...
View ArticleChickpeas, black beans and spinach with lime, ginger and avocado
Chickpeas, spinach, black beans and avocado“We have a mom to cut our pineapple! We have a mom to cut our pineapple!” Malcolm sang as he and Isaac danced around the kitchen in their pajamas. They’d been...
View ArticleWarm salad with potatoes, butter beans, spring rage, fresh mozzarella and herbs
Warm salad with potatoes, butter beans and greens.It’s movie week here at The Ordinary! I seem to be talking about a different film every day, and today will be no different. Today’s installment...
View ArticleBeet, arugula and French feta salad with pine nut, lemon, rosemary sauce
Beet, arugula and French feta saladMost years we just grow a few tomato plants and a few herbs, basil mostly. We have a small yard and rambunctious boys and a berserker dog and it never seemed wise to...
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