Salad Recipes

My partner asked why I couldn’t just use the feta straight from the block instead of going through all that fuss with the food processor. … Read more

I swore I hated fall salads. For years, actually. Every autumn, friends would rave about the seasonal salads popping up on menus, and I’d just … Read more

The woman at the next stall watched me fumbling with a too-heavy bag of apples, trying to balance it with a squash and my coffee. … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a soggy Tuesday in late October, and I was craving something that didn’t exist yet. Not in my fridge, anyway. … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a sticky Tuesday in July, and I was craving something that tasted like the opposite of the air conditioner repair … Read more

A friend asked me why I couldn’t just use maple syrup straight from the bottle for the dressing. I was mid-lecture about emulsions and proper … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, fumbling for my keys, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t a perfume or … Read more

A few autumns ago, I was at a tiny farm stand run by an older woman named Eileen. She watched me pick up and put … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished during a garage cleanout—and the … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic, mayo-laden potato salad for a summer cookout. I had the potatoes boiling, the eggs ready to be chopped, … Read more