Umami Girl

Anachronism

Carolyn — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:50:50 +0000

This is the cilantro sauce you've been waiting for. Even if you didn't know it.

Books in Brief: Parents Need to Eat, Too by Debbie Koenig

Carolyn — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:17:01 +0000

THE TAKEAWAY. Parents Need to Eat, Too is a smart, witty, dare I say indispensable resource for parents clawing their way toward their “new normal” in the months after a baby is born. A great Mother’s Day or any-day gift for expecting and recently besieged…sorry, I mean blessed…parents. THE DIRTY DETAILS. Big batches, nap-time cooking, meals you [...]

Week Links: 10 Food Blogs I’m Loving Right Now

Carolyn — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:21:08 +0000

This week I'm debuting two new weekly columns, because I love you an awkward amount and can't stop myself from offering you small, precious gifts on a regular basis. Also because now that I have a rad new weekly newsletter, it would be totally mortifying if I had to send it out empty. The first new column, ta-da!, is called Week Links. Each week I'll highlight 10 links from around the web that have recently caught my eye or that I've been wanting to share with you for eons.

Spinach, Fava Bean and Quinoa Cakes

Carolyn — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:19:40 +0000

This is one of those happy stories about necessity, motherhood, and invention. Don’t you love those stories? Last week we arrived home after a couple of weeks away and needed to put together a dinner before we had a chance to go grocery shopping. I said to myself what I always say in these situations [...]

Deconstructed Hummus Chickpea Salad

Carolyn — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:18:32 +0000

So. I asked my father-in-law to buy all the ingredients for this salad, and then I left the country without making it. Nice, right? That’s one reason why I’m posting this recipe today. It’s also one reason why I should probably make an effort to be a more gracious houseguest in the future — maybe [...]

Farmers’ Pasta

Carolyn — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:47:16 +0000

Me and cheese. It’s complicated. Like a celebrity couple, we have two relationships. There’s the “us” in the public eye: A small amount of high-quality cheese once or twice a week curbs cravings and contributes to an optimal lipid profile. This isn’t a sham, exactly. Much of the time cheese and I do live this [...]

Just a Loaf of Banana Bread

Carolyn — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:30:48 +0000

I’ve been holding this post back for a few days because I haven’t been much in the mood to write. The last couple of weeks have been utterly exhausting due to a family emergency from which, thankfully, we are now well on the way to a full recovery. I slept through most of the weekend [...]

Blueberry Basil Smoothie

Carolyn — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:56:46 +0000

Hello from the wine bar at Newark Liberty International Airport, or as I feel I’ve earned the right to call it over the years, EWR. Might I recommend a glass of the Dry Creek Chenin Blanc? Some people might say I’m “extremely conservative” or “terrible at scheduling,” but I like to think that I cleared [...]

Holy Split! (+ A Brand New Look for Umami Girl, and Last Week’s Contest Winners)

Carolyn — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:04:21 +0000

Well, hello there. Welcome to Umami Girl’s new digs! I’ve been hard at work giving this space a renovation for spring, which explains both the new look and the sparseness of actual content these past few weeks. You know when you move into a new home and it suddenly feels sort of normal to live [...]

In Conversation with Exceptional Women

Carolyn — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:27:14 +0000

We’re all trying to innovate at a mile a minute these days, aren’t we? Sometimes, when I look at how quickly the world is whizzing by, I feel like I’d be happy just to breathe at a mile a minute. I keep having to stop myself from asking my friends with good organizational skills (and, [...]