fries and mayo

The thing is, you can't successfully transport french fries home. They're fine but not as good. Solution: fry them at home! Frying potatoes at home doesn't require much effort on your part, just your attention. And a technique.

spanish-style potatoes and chickpeas

Heat, salt, fat, booze. Tapas is my spirit animal.

parsnip pecorino soup

One December day in New York, on the first really snowy day of that winter, I went to M. Wells Dinette at MoMA PS1. It was cold enough outside that I passed...

the menu: a light lunch of stuffed sweet potatoes + easy mushroom soup

This is the menu to make when you suddenly have guests coming by for lunch or brunch. It's light, complete and most of all, friendly--to YOU.

garlic and browned butter mashed potatoes

Buttery mashed potatoes for simple meals where you want a milky, innocent side. Browned butter mashed potatoes for a feast.

go-to meal: late-summer stew

Couldn't be bothered + didn't want to clean + ran out of time + mixed with late-summer vegetables = my latest go-to meal.

vegetarian kibbe

Filling, flavourful and special in appearance too, all golden and presented family-style in a casserole dish.

roasted domino potatoes

Soft scalloped-potato-like texture and a crispy, shattered edge too--the little burnt edges are actually awesome.

spiced, fried potatoes

These potatoes are my mom's specialty and James' absolute favourite dish of hers.

the poutine sandwich, with tamari gravy

This sort of combines the best of those open-faced sammies with one of best thing on earth: poutine.

woops. we had latkes.

Innocent-enough potatoes and onions would have been on the approved list for my moderate January cleanse. Too bad we threw them into a ton of oil and fried the hell out of them. (Totally worth it!)

butter blistered new potatoes with garlic and herbs

roasted potatoes are tempting any time of year, but the tiniest new potatoes, dripping in butter, almost burst in your mouth.