Leanne Brown can Help You!
When I broke my fifteen-plus years of vegetarianism, this bolognese was one of the dishes I was most excited to enjoy again. I don’t have an Italian grandmother or any particular memory of it, but the experience of this kind of sauce is everything that makes cooking feel like magic. As the meat browns and [...]
[ge] The intense, almost sharp sweetness of honey, cut by the spiciness of ground and fresh ginger, amplified by the slightest hint of cayenne, against a background of gooey brown-butter blondiesis quite the experience. I love making desserts because it really feels like play. With savory foods, I always feel like nature is the true [...]
[ge] I am so proud of these rolls. They were good from the start, but I kept finding excuses to make them again and again because “that recipe needs testing” one more time. No, it didn’t. I just really wanted to make them. They are exactly what I like all at once, both as an [...]
[ge] It has taken maturity to embrace the glorious simplicity of this kind of dinner. My inner critic is prone to telling me that it’s not creative enough or new enough or whatever overachieving mark you might expect from a perfectionist fantasy. But this stew is made of pantry staples, comes together in 20 minutes, [...]
[ge] One day I decided to stop trying to make pancakes healthy, and that was the time my husband said, with eyes wide, “Wow, sometimes I forget how good a cook you are, and then this happens.” So now, of course, I make them this way all the time. I am as vulnerable to flattery [...]
[ge] I was truly devastated when our favorite neighborhood taco place closed because I could no longer get their amazing fish tacos whenever I wanted. For my at-home version, I don’t make my own tortillas fresh to order like they did, but these are awfully close. If you have helpers, the tacos can come together [...]
I'm back with a new book, Good Enough, available January 4, 2022: A self-care cookbook that offers personal and vulnerable storytelling, delicious recipes, and encouraging advice to teach you how to accept yourself, love yourself, and find peace through the act of cooking.
Around the holidays in Canada, butter tarts—a pastry case full of a sort of butterscotch goo often with raisins added—are everywhere. The filling is very sweet, a little grainy and delightfully in between liquid and solid. The original recipe is simply butter, brown sugar and eggs, and it's wonderful. But swapping some of the sugar [...]
At long, last it’s happening: the Spanish version of Good and Cheap is out today — and as always, the PDF is free. Welcome to the world, Bueno y Barato! We’ve been waiting for you so long. *cue sappy music* Thank you to our brilliant translators, Jorge Baldizón and María Alamo, for your stellar work! And thank you to [...]
Coconut lime oatmeal is just a simple oatmeal recipe with added coconut and lime juice. An easy way to add a little bit of tropical to your morning.