Food

This tart is beautiful way to meet the transformation of Spring. Make it when you want to turn something heavy into something nourishing, whether that is a quiet grief or simply the first gathering of the season, and serve it as an appetizer, a light lunch, or a dish to share.

These oats are best made the night before a busy morning, whether that is a first day back at work or just a Tuesday that needs an anchor, so pleasure is already waiting for you when you wake up.

This tuna melt makes a hearty single serving with enough tuna salad left over for tomorrow. It is an open-faced, broiler-browned comfort food, a recipe for fortitude especially welcome on a cool fall day. Contains fish, dairy, and gluten.

This papaya with lime is vegan and gluten-free, needing nothing more than ripe fruit and citrus, though adding honey takes it out of vegan territory. It is a recipe of self-love for Winter, a small, colorful ritual to welcome yourself home or start a morning with something tender and bright.

This golden rice pudding is vegetarian and gluten-free, made with whole milk and warm spices, with an optional egg yolk for extra richness. It is best made when you want a dessert that feels a little beyond the everyday, something to share at a gathering or to sit with quietly on your own.