Unpeeled - A Food Journal

Roundup: Our Favorite Food Writing from March

A coronavirus grocery safety guide, Georgia O’Keeffe’s recipe box, restaurants helping hospitals….Each month, we’ll share some of our favorite food writing from around the internet. Here’s the best of March.

The Ultimate Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft and chewy in the middle, but perfectly crisp on the outside, these cookies are loaded with dark chocolate chips. Oatmeal flour, a hint of salt, and extra vanilla makes them extra homey and satisfying.

How I Got My Own “Food + Grief Project” Wrong

I thought that the connections between food and grief were mostly about recipes and lonely meals. The coronavirus reality taught me that it is about so much more.

cutting board with baking soda and lemon

How to Un-Stink (and Un-Stain) Your Cutting Board

Your strawberries shouldn’t smell like garlic and onions. Give your cutting board some much-deserved love. Here is the easy and essential kitchen technique to refresh your cutting board.

summer salad with watermelon radish and egg

A 4-Step Guide to Mindful Eating

Mindful eating may seem esoteric or boring. It isn’t. Here is a quick guide to bringing mindfulness to your meal — and why it makes such a difference.

Buttermilk Birthday Sprinkle Cake

Birthday cake is always special. But this vanilla buttermilk birthday cake is even more special for its ease, moist texture, and charm. Adapted from “Queen of Cake” Maida Heatter, this is a cake you’ll return to again and again.

Burrata With Roasted Vine Tomatoes

A little indulgent and a lot unfussy. Here’s the recipe for burrata with jammy roasted on-the-vine cherry tomatoes. A perfect, chic, effortless appetizer.

The Best Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe

Canned chicken soup tastes like sadness and yellow salt water. But homemade chicken soup tastes fresh and nourishing, and comes packed with flavorful meat, vegetables, and herbs. Here is the step-by-step recipe you will use forever.

poured pint of guinness with beer in background

What’s the Difference? Stout vs. Porter

What’s the difference between stout and porter? Is there one? Does it matter? Get the basics of what you need to know before you pour your next pint.

Irish Soda Bread, Two Ways

Rustic whole wheat or soft white with raisins: Both of these Irish soda breads taste fresh and satisfyingly dense, with thick, crusty exteriors and just enough sweetness and flavor.

pork tenderloin sliced on platter with carrots

Herb-Roasted Pork Tenderloin

This juicy, herb-roasted pork tenderloin may not be trendy, but it does deserve a place in anyone’s recipe collection for its ease, juicy flavor fragrant with sage and rosemary, and crowd-pleasing comfort. Here’s the recipe.

Tropical Coconut Rice With Fresh Ginger

Interview: NY Times Reporter Amelia Nierenberg

How to Eat Well in a Quarantine

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