Chicken Fried Rice

Chicken fried rice is what leftover rice was made for, and making it well at home is simpler than most people think. The secret that every Chinese restaurant already knows is that day-old rice, cold from the fridge, is the only rice worth using here. …

Grilled Cheese with Pea Shoots

Pea shoots in a grilled cheese. Not lettuce, not spinach, not arugula. Pea shoots. They are tender and sweet and taste like spring, and they wilt just enough inside a hot sandwich to stay green without going limp. Bread, cheddar cheese, a handful of pea …