Lunch & Dinner – Page 2 – Kale and Caramel

CILANTRO PESTO PIZZA WITH ROASTED TOMATOES, CORN & BURRATA.

All I want to do is eat pizza and watch the DNC. I first wrote the preceding sentence as watch pizza and eat the DNC, evidence of my near voracious level of excitement for the past three days of political fanfare.…
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HERBY NECTARINE, AVOCADO & FETA LITTLE GEM SALAD.

I was looking forward to it all week, almost as eagerly as I’d been eating this perfect summer salad: Wednesday night would mark the airing of James Cordon’s Carpool Karaoke with First Lady Michelle Obama. There were other epic Karaokes…
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PEACH CAPRESE SLIDERS FROM THE SLIDER EFFECT & NOT BEING SILENT.

The day Alton Sterling was murdered, I was supposed to post an image of ice cream cones spelling out the word “goals” with a line of html code on Instagram. It was part of an influencer campaign to illustrate how…
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HERBY ASPARAGUS POTATO SALAD + A BRUNCH PICNIC.

This post was created in partnership with Naked Juice. All opinions are my own. In the summer, we left Hawaii. We packed suitcases and blew up inflatable neck pillows and got on planes and went places that looked nothing like…
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ASIAN CHOPPED SALAD WITH PAN-SEARED SESAME TOFU.

This post was created in partnership with Taylor Farms. All opinions are my own. On Wednesday at 4:30pm, my father, his partner Susan, and I exited LA eatery Sqirl after a long, perfectly tangy-crunchy-salty-sweet lunch with Liba and baby Zelda.…
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ROASTED CORN SALAD WITH PEPITA CILANTRO DRESSING.

Hello from New York! It’s a balmy 80º at 8 am, and I’m already dreading this afternoon’s sweatfest. It went from near-winter to dead-of-summer overnight here, and I’ve arrived just in time for the relentless heat. Initially I’d planned to…
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TOASTED PEPITA GUACAMOLE.

Before you are even really awake, before alertness has settled down into your mind, walk outside. Walk barefoot. Walk out onto the deck, down the stairs, down onto the grass. Walk over the rocks and the leaves, toes gripping and…
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WASABI CREME FRAICHE POLENTA WITH SOY SESAME VEGGIES.

This city is drenched in Prince and LEMONADE. In the past week, I’ve heard nothing but Beyoncé and The Artist Formerly Known As pouring from every window. LA, as are so many other pockets of the nation, is dripping in…
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KALE SALAD PIZZA WITH CARAMELIZED FENNEL, SHALLOT & FETA.

Today is Earth Day! In honor of Earth Day, and of my commitment to celebrate (and grow my own!) kale with Naked Juice, I want to tell you a story about a garden. A secret garden, in the middle of…
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MEZZE BOWLS WITH HUMMUS, TZATZIKI & BASIL MINT PESTO.

It was the first time in thirty two years I’d landed on Maui and would not go directly home. I would not see one of my parents’ faces beaming up at me from the open air staircase leading down to…
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MISO EDAMAME HUMMUS WITH SPRING CRUDITÉS.

1998. I am 15. I am in the back of a dusty blue minivan hurtling along the craggy and barren west coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui, and I am weeping. I am weeping at the first lush and…
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ROASTED ROOT VEGGIE BOWL WITH CITRUS FENNEL YOGURT & TOASTED HAZELNUTS.

I’ve been spending almost every free moment with a human who is just single digit days old. I’ve been snatching her up the moment she’s ready to be burped, milk-sated and serene, all breath and softness and perfection. I’ve…
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