Blogs about: What Cha Cooking
Featured Blog
I, now, know what we are!
I discovered a term in the Rachel Rae cookbook that describes our eating style. Flexatarian! It’s one of the following: someone who eats mostly vegatarian with the meat dishes once in a while … more →
Deven's World
Food for the Greatest Depression: easy split pea soup, with smoked salt, my new best friend
— 17 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 1 week ago: After my last post, Elemental Mom left this comment: How about it, Ali? Can we have a Depression Co … more →
Great Scot! Great Depression! Great Sauce!: Autumn Harvest Sauce, Served with a vaguely panicked train-of-thought
— 7 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 2 weeks ago: I know, right? I’m not posting at all this week. That’s because I’m obsessively t … more →
Beautiful, bountiful, and very blurry: A report from Berkshire Grown's Harvest Supper
— 12 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 3 weeks ago: Tonight, I’m not going to tell you about my own recent culinary disasters, like my attempt to … more →
Taste-tested organic cereals, a.k.a. "I like cardboard."
— 18 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 3 weeks ago: We eat plenty of cold cereal in our house. Plenty. As much as I like a good bowl of steel cut oats, … more →
What to do with tomatillos (those sassy little tarts)
— 4 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 1 month ago: Look at these things: They’re gorgeous, no? These are tomatillos. If you live in California, … more →
Om's blue cheese zucchini boats: like her garden, a thing of beauty
— 15 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 1 month ago: We called my grandmother Om. She was a yoga enthusiast, a painter, a gardener. Om gardened a large … more →
Reading recipes and crying some: the American Cookbook Project
— 4 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 2 months ago: So, I’m sitting here on the couch, still early in the morning as I type this, reading recipes, … more →
Can't Beet It: The easiest, tastiest way to cook beets
— 17 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 2 months ago: A few years ago, we were heading over to a dear friend’s house in late autumn. It was a potluc … more →
No-noodle lasagna...a celebration of zucchini
— 8 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 2 months ago: It’s not quite Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Night, a holiday I’ … more →
Chard 2-for-1 part II: Chard stem cream sauce
— 10 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 3 months ago: I’m not ashamed to say it. This recipe was borrowed from Elise at Simply Recipes, which might … more →
Swiss Chard 2-for-1, Part I: Chard-Gruyere Tart
— 9 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 3 months ago: See the part that's cut off? That's because a huge chunk of my crust broke off. You'd never know, wo … more →
What to do with escarole: Most delicious escarole cannellini bean soup
— 5 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 3 months ago: “Today is blue day,” Merrie announced yesterday, as she clomped downstairs. Indeed, the … more →
Ali's pick o' the web: bok choy, unusual greens, and radishes
— 7 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 3 months ago: I received this email from Crystal: I need your help. We’ve started getting our weekly (CSA) v … more →
Lip-Smackin' Summer Drink: Watermelonade
— 18 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 4 months ago: I’m a child of the 70s; I grew up surrounded by avocado and gold furnishings. I watched the B … more →
No stolen cable. No shag. Just noodles.
— 2 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 4 months ago: Listen, friends, there are some things you won’t read here. Stories of rugby practices held mo … more →
Ali's non-radioactive restaurant-style egg drop soup (with a story, of course)
— 14 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 5 months ago: I whipped up a tasty, kid-friendly egg drop soup last night. There’s a recipe below, if you c … more →
One for the Weekend: Expat's Meatloaf Florentine
— 20 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 5 months ago: Okay, omnivores. Here’s a great twist on an American staple, and a fantastic, foolproof dinner … more →
Norman Rockwell and me...and some really good cookies
— 9 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 5 months ago: Over the weekend, I took Merrie down to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. Yes, I kno … more →
What to do with old, old bread
— 12 comments
cleanerplateclub wrote 6 months ago: Perhaps you have a loaf of old cheddar bread sitting on your counter in a ziplock bag, right next to … more →
Have your say. Start a blog.
See our free features →
An 
Contraption
