The Beet Reporter

There’s a never ending list of fall foods that I plan on cooking this season. I’m pretty sure that if I didn’t have work at the bakery to create some of my seasonal favorites– sweet potato pecan, chai, and apple cider macarons are in the works– I’d have upturned my kitchen at home with how [...]

For whatever reason, I’ve never shared this recipe before even though it’s one of my ultimate (we’re talking potential favorite) pizzas. I originally made it when a vegan friend was spending the week on my couch, and I wanted there to be plenty of food around to welcome him (so half of the pizza is cheese-less). [...]

After a very long hiatus from food blogging, I’ve realized that it’s time for an update on my cooking activities. Mostly it’s just been a summer too full of browsing though farmers markets, exploring the coop in my new neighborhood, volunteering at the food shelf’s kitchen and of course baking macarons– much to full to [...]

To me, the biggest treat of the weekend– really, what makes a weekend a weekend– is having the time to wake up slowly, get my bearings, maybe have a cup of coffee, and then make breakfast. Ok, I understand breakfast should be “made” every day, but does splashing some soy milk in a bowl of cereal [...]

Please excuse the week away from blogging, I have freshly begun my job at the bakery and between that new full-time job, weekends waitressing, and evenings in class, I haven’t been too attached to my computer. Believe me though, I’ve found ways to cook. I’m learning even in my first week that after a full [...]

It was one of those moment where I didn’t know if I was bringing people to a drinks/appetizer event, or a dinner party. It was eight o’clock and a vaguely food-friendly location, but I was hungry enough that I didn’t want to be the one awkwardly scarfing down a huge dinner platter while friends mingled. [...]

Chris and I went to an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood for dinner last night, and although neither of us ordered it, we both eyed the eggplant parmesan as one of our favorite dishes. Lately though, I just haven’t been able to stomach so much cheese, and the best eggplant parmesan is one oozing and [...]

Continuing with my trend of making obscure kinds of homemade pasta (although ravioli and tortellini are somewhat more recognizable), I tried making gnocchi last week while my mother was in town. She came for graduation weekend but stayed for mothers’ day and the following days of mother-daughter cooking experiments, outdoor adventures, and craft projects that [...]

I have been meaning for several months to try making risotto for the first time. It seems like you can do almost anything with risotto, whether it’s adding pureed mushrooms or spinach, pistachios, shrimp or just herbs. One of the most popular set-ups for fish in the restaurant I work at is to serve it [...]

I haven’t been able to post for the last week for several reasons– first being that I graduated from college last weekend but more directly because I broke my computer screen and couldn’t look at photos. Now that I’ve finished college and have the opportunity to open a new chapter in my life, I’m seizing [...]