Nancy Lowell has spent a lifetime loving, eating, cooking, learning and reading about food. She has owned a small restaurant in Delaware County, New York, a catering business in New York City, worked for fifteen years for Whole Foods Market, and served Breakfast at Tiffany’s during her time working in corporate dining.
What is Thanksgiving without sweet potatoes? When I was a kid we had the traditional candied sweet potato casserole topped with even sweeter marshmallows until we graduated to more sophisticated dishes involving things like toasted pecans and balsamic vinegar. Sweet potatoes pack a ton of flavor and nutritional value into their coppery skins, and why […]
I like kale more in theory than in practice, but lately I’ve been making kale salads that are winning (even) me over. No matter what type of kale I use, I remove the stems, tear or chop it and blanch it to a brilliant green. I like to dry it well either in a salad spinner, or […]
During the holidays, in addition to cooking a big meal, we often need to provide a breakfast for the morning after. I often find that after I have a big meal as on Thanksgiving when I swear I won’t want to eat for days, I wake ravenous! Breakfast casseroles are a great remedy for that […]
This summer I was pleased to be asked by my friend Melissa Toler a wellness coach to work with her on her Summer Salad Series, creating salad recipes for her subscribers. Each week Melissa is sending out a new salad recipe, all of which are simple, and delicious, and are recipes you’ll get if you sign […]
I just had to make this French lentil and kale salad, even though winter is hanging on, and it’s not quite salad weather. I have a hard time eating salads when the weather is cold, but once it warms up, I want them again. This interminable winter has me craving both warm weather and things […]