Nina’s Blog
Intergenerational Storytelling for Women is a hot trend, with new groups like HoneyRoot, Moxie!, and Generation Women popping up. For…
Listen to Nina on WNYC’s Last Chance Foods
Says Last Chance Foods, “It’s the high season for cool, slushy drinks. Nina Planck, author…
Fermented Watermelon Recipe on CleanPlates.com
I was happy to see CleanPlates.com featuring a recipe from my new cookbook and I…
My Changing Palate
At the Greenlight Bookstore (in Brooklyn) party for my cookbook, Emily Duff gave us her…
Portland: Montavilla Farmers’ Market
Portland, you are blessed. At the Montavilla Farmers’ Market I found strawberries (Puget Crimson and Puget Summer) as good as the best variety I’ve ever tasted back East (Earliglow) — only darker, and bigger.
Lunch at Larkspur Landing, CA
Lunch at Larkspur Landing, CA. A beautiful farmers’ market next to a great redwood-tree sculpture playground and fine bookseller, Diesel. The Farmer’s Wife made me a plate of local greens, a fried egg, fennel sausage with local meat, jicama, and avocado.
The Landscape I See
Looking out the plane window, westbound to SF from NYC, I am struck by my limited understanding of, and vocabulary for, the landscape I see. In Nebraska, what are those large, perfect circles in shades of brown and green, some with shaded pie-shapes?
Savory Yogurt
I’ve been eating savory yogurt. Thick, whole-milk yogurt — never skim or low-fat — with lots of flavor –maybe walnuts, pine nuts, za’atar, olive oil, salt, pepper, cayenne, cinnamon, and whatever fruit or vegetables I have around, including soft, brown griddled onions.