Dominican Arepa

Growing up, my neighbor Doña Carmen would bake her arepa every Sunday morning, and the smell of warm cornmeal and cinnamon drifting through the hallway was basically my alarm clock. I never thought I’d learn to make it myself, but one rainy afternoon she walked …

Banana Bread Almond Flour Pancakes

Can a pancake taste like banana bread? With almond meal and brown rice flour instead of regular flour, and ripe mashed bananas in the batter, it can. These are gluten-free, denser than a standard pancake, and they smell like banana bread while they cook. Full-fat …

Grilled Bratwurst and Sauerkraut Sandwich

A bratwurst without sauerkraut is just a sausage on bread. This sandwich takes it further: sauteed onions, sauerkraut heated with brown mustard and horseradish, and the bratwurst itself, all piled into a split baguette. The mustard and horseradish cook into the sauerkraut and lose their …