I never thought I’d be saying this before, but I have too much arugula. I managed to have too much (too much?) of the most sophisticated of salad greens, a delicate and expensive ingredient that perishes quickly, so better get just a small amount at a time. At least, that was my understanding of arugula [...]

Is it ever “too hot to eat,” as the gripe I’ve been hearing so much of lately goes? Is it okay to skip lunch in the summer? Maybe we all know deep down that it’s not really optimal for one’s health, but when it’s really hot, I see people putting off meals all the time. [...]

This recipe happened by accident; we were running dangerously low on olive oil — for that matter, any cooking oil — but I wanted to cook something with eggplant. Three plump Asian eggplants were dripping from their stems. Unlike most of the vegetables on the roof, you can’t eat eggplant raw. I suppose I could [...]