https://www.needsacid.com/recipes daily 1.0 2024-12-02 https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/crunchy-napa-cabbage-fennel-sesame-seed-salad monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/d70c7150-e965-4f90-b3f5-1afc7fb8309c/IMG_4211.jpeg recipes - crunchy napa cabbage, fennel, & sesame seed salad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/butternut-squash-and-spinach-lasagna monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/d3386877-29e3-4e1a-9529-e576b22345ed/69C6FCB9-5DF3-48A6-AD9A-4427D1DEB82A.jpeg recipes - butternut squash and spinach lasagna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/miso-adobo-tomato-sauce monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/2ba9d5fa-7d74-4755-a4e3-0af639bb61e5/34AF2439-8E8A-4D02-A6B2-F7F2D8BDE7A1.jpeg recipes - miso adobo tomato sauce - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/sweet-potato-tuna-pasta monthly 0.5 2021-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1634785562489-1G5SR7IQR2R6EA3WSRIH/2E0F1A49-9D56-4FEE-8144-4B8AF5CB3255.jpeg recipes - really easy sweet potato tuna pasta - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/moms-egg-nog-french-toast monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1614140916004-XNL7VJ32DZJ5UBR8QU8I/05CD3C25-B05D-440D-99B3-CE89C925BDC2.jpeg recipes - mom’s egg nog french toast https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/blood-orange-and-celery-salad monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1614714896435-T7MPB5YOIZ7UBZIOJNZI/B55A03B1-BA00-488E-9087-66EFC97910C5.jpeg recipes - blood orange and celery salad https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/pasta-with-sage-artichokes-lemon-and-butter monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1614143571117-QVOIUWVV9E4A83699O10/571E121D-E519-4DAD-B2BD-278EFDF69AB0_1_201_a.jpeg recipes - pasta with sage, artichokes, lemon, and butter https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/best-banana-bread-toast monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1613781853609-WG4RTDJOW8UULOWG26VF/39EFF8C5-8463-4054-B4FC-48A499E73F73.jpeg recipes - best banana bread toast - it’s not always easy to keep things simple. the right combination of a handful of ingredients always feels to me like a lucky discovery of decadence. I love this banana cashew butter toast as a just savory and sweet enough treat or for breakfast with eggs or a smoothie. cinnamon under and on top of the bananas compliment a very healthy dose of crunchy sea salt to bring the melodies of a sweet and creamy honey, cashew butter and banana together. https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/orecchiette-with-oven-roasted-cherry-tomatoes-and-green-beans monthly 0.5 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1610933849534-ZFDXYZGJ4YLESW4PPP3H/EFF7EF6A-0526-4DDE-809B-0D5D63C92449_1_201_a.jpeg recipes - orecchiette with oven roasted cherry tomatoes and green beans https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/pumpkin-beet-ginger-smoothie monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1609821169871-PBJEXZO76OBV9BN413NN/9F9A406B-124F-439A-B6B2-553EFEDAFC29_1_201_a.jpg recipes - pumpkin, beet, ginger smoothie https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/quick-pickled-cukes-radish monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1609736369831-HU98IPMZ260575YMSTMR/855631EF-DDCB-4FC3-824E-E00A1AD3EC34_1_201_a.jpeg recipes - quick pickled cukes + radish - bonus: your cucumbers will soon turn a faint millennial pink. https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/summertime-tomato-salad monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1609733182609-0WCUJV1GXP38CN70UFJI/AC122DD8-8E13-4964-AF3A-710FE87BF31B.jpeg recipes - sesame summertime tomato salad - farmer’s market tomatoes well worth their weight. are you singing Lana yet? https://www.needsacid.com/recipes/blog-post-one-trsy6-529fp monthly 0.5 2021-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1609736103856-RXS78TVDCTBAZV5OJQ9Y/4872763D-A53C-47F8-B3CF-461870F151AA.jpeg recipes - orange, parsley, + tomato salad https://www.needsacid.com/writing daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1632889108754-IHTPZ4EXHTA7PLTLL0N4/2D904CB7-1864-4A9B-BA66-3ECDEBB7C6E4.jpeg writing - The promise of a Union Square Greenmarket Spring february 25, 2021 Many of my first childhood memories are of hours well spent on sunny Saturday June mornings in the Union Square Greenmarket with my dad. We’d careen around the market, chatting about my four year old perspective on “why God is peeing when it rains” while perusing the sprawling rows of jams, flowers, crusty bread, and green vegetables and sampling crab fritters and goat cheeses. After our shop, we’d grab lunch at the McDonald’s across the street - chicken nuggets with barbeque sauce for me and coffee for dad. I had made friends with a homeless woman that my dad would always buy coffee for who tolerated my endless wide-eyed curiosity. I’ve spent much of my adult life living in and out of New York City and always make an effort to stop by the market once a year, which remains largely familiar and unchanged. Many of the same purveyors frequent the market thirty years later, like our beloved poultry suppliers the Quattros. While the market is year-round, as the season transitions to spring every year it brings with it an onslaught of discovery of the year’s coming produce and new beginnings. A lot of things feel like unchartered territory right now, though. Dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer two years ago and his cancer moved to stage four six months ago. Facing, nonetheless accepting, what’s to come in a few weeks or months is a daunting unknown. In a time of uncertainty for the pandemic, the economy, the greater food industry, and for my dad, there is a hope in what the oncoming spring, much like the market, may bring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1633405433034-MQYRUCAVSDWLJHLN9Z9C/35AB160F-2642-453D-A19E-FE9063BA4F9F.jpeg writing Claire Saffitz’s Marinated Olives and Feta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1633405479274-ZQW76SGVOAAIW25RSHW0/41CA0E20-0D3E-4A6B-8837-6A22A3244943.jpeg writing Liz Moody’s Salted Cookie Dough Healthy Banana Bread (with cacao) https://www.needsacid.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://www.needsacid.com/about daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe664fd4ec40d21726252f9/1608943033776-B6NC2OHBQCGE9QGODQ2M/EE77F8C3-0BDE-4E6F-A9BE-51809CFB34C3.jpeg about - about gabriella I’m a home cook and freelance food writer. My writing has recently appeared in Eater NY. Why more acid? Acid is one of the most important components to nearly any successful dish and one of my favorites to play with. Acid isn’t just a way of adding balance, complexity, and brightness to a dish: it’s a tool. It can be used to tenderize, marinate, deglaze, and even cook. A few go-tos: any citrus zest; citrus juices; various combinations of ume plum, rice, white wine, or black vinegars; sumac; and leftover pickling marinades. On my approach: I believe that the experience of creating food you want to eat and share should be satisfying, joyful, and accessible to everyone. Experimentation has big rewards - I rarely cook a dish exactly the same way twice. I hope that you will use my recipes and ideas as a guide and have fun reinventing them as your own, and, in turn, grow your confidence and intuition in the kitchen. food you’ll find here You’ll notice most of my recipes are vegetarian while some are pescatarian, and others are almost vegan. You won’t find any meat dishes here! I cook what I know and have been a vegetarian - now turned pescatarian - for the better part of the last 15 years. In my other lives, I work on Democratic political campaigns in training and leadership development, fundraise and advocate for abortion funds, and am currently serving in the Biden-Harris Administration. inspiring me right now Michelle Zauner, on her relationship with cooking Korean food and grieving her mom Eric Kim’s daily obsessions with Timothee Chalemet, and his Chicken Chairs and mental health Elazar Sontag’s call out to give restaurants the funding they need Minna Lee’s take on learning to love your body (and defining being in love versus loving)