vegetarian Archives - The Taste Edit

April 26, 2017

Mamma Agata’s Tomato Sauce

Mamma Agata covering her famous Mamma Agata tomato sauce in Ravello Italy, the taste edit san francisco

We’re receiving a very limited number of Mamma Agata’s cookbooks this month. Click here to reserve your copy! Mamma Agata’s tomato sauce recipe is our go-to pasta sauce, and the base for many of our easy weeknight dinners. This famous Italian grandmother taught us how to make her authentic Italian recipe on our first... Continue Reading

January 24, 2017

Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup

Black Bean soup is a simple comfort food recipe made in a slow cooker or crockpot with the taste edit

It’s been raining cats and dogs in San Francisco, so a hearty soup was called for. We wanted to make something vegetarian that we could make a lot of and freeze. We love our Rancho Gordo heirloom black beans, so when we found Rick Bayless’s recipe for black bean soup, we got right to work. We... Continue Reading

October 25, 2016

Sonoma Extra Virgin Festival

This Autumn Farro Salad is perfect with an olive oil dressing, persimmons, and pomegranates

Autumn in wine country is famous for grapes, but it’s also the season for olive harvest. The Sonoma Extra Virgin Festival is coming up at B.R. Cohn Winery on November 5-6. It sounds amazing! One of the things we love about living in San Francisco is that wine country is just around an hour drive away, so it’s... Continue Reading

June 10, 2016

Watermelon Ricotta Salata Salad

It’s getting warmer out, so we’ve begun diving into melons again. We’ve been making this Watermelon and Ricotta Salata Salad lately. It’s one of our favorite salads, with a great combination of sweet and salty flavors. Ricotta Salata is an Italian sheep milk cheese. Think ricotta cheese that has been dried, aged, and salted... Continue Reading

April 20, 2016

Shaved Fennel Salad with Grilled Lemon and Shallot Dressing

shaved fennel salad with grilled lemons and shallot dressing

Fennel is a newer vegetable in our repertoire of ingredients. We’ve always put it in our cioppino, but we’ve been experimenting with other ways to use it recently. A few weeks ago we came across some beautiful fennel on sale at the Fort Mason Farmer’s Market, so we stocked up. We intended to make it... Continue Reading

April 13, 2016

Nettle Risotto with Whipped Burrata

We are coming up on the end of nettle season, and if you haven’t’ found a way to work these delicious (and nutritious) herbs into your spring menu, here is your chance. To be honest, the first time we tried a recipe with nettles, we didn’t really like it. We gave them another chance and... Continue Reading

June 8, 2015

Arugula Walnut Pesto

Pesto is so simple to make that it’s really one of those things we should make more often than we actually do. It’s a great appetizer for entertaining, and makes a quick pasta sauce for weeknight dinners. It keeps really well in the freezer, so you can make a big batch when basil is in... Continue Reading