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A Better Frittata: Tips from Alice Waters

There are a handful of cookbooks we turn to when we're looking to perfect a classic recipe. Alice Waters' The Art of Simple Food has become one of those books. In it, we found three great tips for mak...

Elizabeth's Perfectly Portioned Frittata
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Perfectly Portioned Frittata Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 20 minutes Name: Elizabeth Why is it a favorite meal? I love breakfast for dinner, but mostly, they are so wonderful be...

An Almost-Eggless Frittata
The New York Times

We talk a lot about frittatas around here; they're cheap, use up bits of leftover ingredients, and are a quick, easy weeknight meal. But we always follow pretty much the same formula. In the Minimalis...

Weeknight Recipe: Potato, Red Pepper, and Feta Frittata

We're not sure what took us so long to get on the frittata band wagon. Now that we're starting to get the hang of making them, we finally understand what a quick and satisfying weeknight meal they can...

Feeding a Crowd: Frittata Squares

A frittata is one of our favorite one-dish meals. You make the whole thing in a skillet, it takes minimal effort, and it's inexpensive. We usually make ours in a 10- or 12-inch fry pan, which works we...

Tip: Slice Asparagus in the Food Processor

Why, exactly? Well, we have a few good reasons... ...

Tip: Put Leftover Pasta in Your Frittata

We've been writing quite a bit about frittatas lately. Emma's working on mastering them; Faith made a beautiful lemon and leek one. This is our favorite frittata trick, one we learned early in life. I...

Recipe: Lemon Frittata with Leeks and Goat Cheese

Lemon? In a savory egg dish? Why yes - it works beautifully here. In fact, we find the flavor of the lemon to be so nice that we didn't mind the absence of butter and meat in this quick frittata. ...

Mastering the Frittata: Take One!

Once we resolved to master the frittata this year, it was very tempting to quietly work on it behind the scenes and then reveal our new skill down the road with a big TA DA! Instead, we decided to tak...

Recipe Spotlight: The Frittata!

The response to our recipe review earlier this week got us thinking more on frittatas. They are one of our favorite weeknight meals - endlessly adaptable, and easy to throw on at a moment's notice. We...

Recipe Review: Zucchini-Potato Frittata

Last week we highlighted Andrea Chesman's fabulous book Serving Up the Harvest, a down-to-earth and accessible guide to vegetables and recipes for each season. We love her style of cooking and we're e...

Word of Mouth: Tagine

The word tagine (also written as tajine) refers to two things. One: a cooking pot traditionally found in North African kitchens. Two: a tagine is also the name of various dishes in North African cui...

Hot or Not? Frittata Pans from Williams-Sonoma

Our initial reaction to these nonstick frittata pans from Williams-Sonoma was that this was just another space-gobbling unitasker. Then we saw that there were actually two separate pans interlocked at...

Easy Weeknight Meal: Spanish Tortilla

This is one of those dishes that tastes great morning, noon, and night. It's good cold, it's good hot. And it's as easy to pull together as a simple frittata... ...

Good Question: What Are Your Best Comfort Foods?

Did Valentine's Day get you down? Was it perhaps a day for comfort food instead of a romantic menu? Here's a question for you, from reader Ci: I just went through two romantic break ups last year an...