frankie rose: mexican food. pozole. enchiladas, which I made in glasgow, because there was a little mexican specialty shop that had all the ingredients.
cf: a lot of people in the UK don’t even know what mexican food can be like.
frankie rose: actually they don’t know what they’re eating. what they thought of as mexican food — I think they have tacos and burritos — but an enchilada was like a really foreign… they’d never even heard of it before.
gordon the fan modine: curried beets with beet green and almond “saag” and cucumber raita.
daniel handler: dandelion green pesto on gnocchi with aged gouda.
hannah grass widow: I’m told I make very tasty salads.
stephen the real tuesday weld: peanut butter, slightly burnt toast.
kim baxter: does taking the family out for conveyor belt sushi count? If not, I make a pretty good guacamole.
darren hanlon: wasabi mashed yams.
corin tucker: my son loves my beef tacos. I like to cook for him.
james dump/yo la tengo: v getting food from taco bell and pretending I made it from scratch.
fran cannane: mushroom fajitas this week.
tae won yu: it changes with the seasons. in the summer, I do homemade pasta with pancetta, heirloom tomatoes and basil. I also like risotto with mussels. seafood stew with coconut milk, very easy to make. I rely on seafood stew, never fails, always good. simple, cheap. I love getting an aged ribeye from ottomanelli. a perfect steak seared and basted in butter, that’s amazing.
allen clapp: spinach and cheese omelets. I’ll make ’em for anybody. It’s really the only food I know how to prepare, thanks to my older sister who taught me this skill when I was in second grade.
joe pines / foxgloves: baked salmon with lemon, leek, risotto, rocket salad + pinot grigio. or we could just go to the chinese, it’s only 5 minutes down the road.
matt lorelei: pasta with chard.
jennifer o’connor: vegan cajun cornbread casserole.
pete paphides: apparently it’s my wraps. the sweet potato falafel, tzatziki, red onion, tomato, mango chutney and coriander goes down well – although recently, I’ve been making this: peppered mackerel, tahini, tomato, red onion and toasted pumpkin seeds. also, roast red peppers stuffed with pearl barley, figs, goats cheese, caramelised onions, cumin, chilli and cinnamon. whilst I’m blowing my own trumpet, I prefer my tomato and basil pasta sauce to any other one I’ve eaten elsewhere. liquidised caramelised onions – that’s the key. my kids (and bob stanley) like my wholemeal pizzas.
janice cf: pizza.
stephin the magnetic fields: vegan bento box. I assemble a beautiful lunch.
tim dagger: toast.
gail cf: asian noodle salads. blueberry peach crumble. hummus.
rachel blumberg: I make a really mean eggplant parmesan. did it again the other night. the secret is the sauce. it’s all about ratios and timing and cooking it slow and low! I also love making soup and curries.
bridget st john: roasted vegetables with quinoa.
frankie rose photo by lauren bilanko.