Jenny Rosenstrach

Of course I wasn’t exactly happy that my daughter had to have oral surgery…

“What keeps you excited about vegetarian eating?” he asked. “So many people attempt to eat less animal products, but end up reverting back to old habits.” I told him I revert back to old habits, too. In fact, I do almost every weekend — do I need to remind you my book series is called The Weekday Vegetarians

“When the pandemic began in March 2020, my freelance work went away, suddenly and completely,” writes recipe developer Caroline Chambers, aka “Caro,” in the introduction to her new cookbook What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking. Lucky for all of us, Caro, also a former caterer, decided to turn her attention to the home cook, cranking out “straightforward recipes that lockdown-weary folks could cook using whatever they had in their pantries.”

Besides “What should I make for dinner?” the question I get the most when people find out about my job as a cookbook author is “How do you come up with your recipes?” It’s a mysterious process that I don’t fully understand myself, but here’s a story that explains the most important part, at least for me…

Zoë François’s new book Zoë Bakes Cookies seemed to arrive just in…

Lesley Enston’s heartfelt new cookbook, Belly Full, is everything a cookbook should be. To begin with, I’m excited to cook everything in it…

Last year, Anton’s elementary school held a fundraiser called Eat Pie Shop (!) where they set up tables with different kinds of homemade pies — sweet ones, like chocolate, apple, crumbles, etc., as well as savory ones, like frittata and quiche. Also included in this glorious-sounding spread? A spaghetti pie — which, Joanna told me, everyone went bananas over.

There are three things to know about this bowl before making it…

It’s hard to believe I’m saying this, but today marks the last time I am officially writing this food column for Cup of Jo. I say “officially” because I plan to still contribute now and again, I’m just pulling back in order to focus on some upcoming personal projects, so I won’t be chiming in every Wednesday, the way I have been for almost seven straight years.

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