The Perfect Pantry®

Whole wheat flour (Recipe: easy whole wheat pizza on the grill)

Have you tried grilled pizza? While I'm on vacation, please enjoy this updated post, with new photos and links, and a printer-friendly recipe.

I'm an every-other-decade kind of baker.

In the 1960s and again in the 1980s, I baked bread, sometimes every week. I started with a basic recipe for white bread, from the classic Beard on Bread, and slowly I branched out.

My pantry reflected that bread passion, with jars of unbleached all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, rye, semolina, oatmeal, seeds and nuts and grains from the local health food store.

Now that we're nearer to the end of the 00 decade than to the beginning, I'm feeling the urge to bake again. I bought Dorie Greenspan's book. Ted's run off with it, but I'm not complaining; he made glorious lemon madeleines. And brioche. And French toast from the brioche...

Other People's Pantries #83

From Terry (The Mommy Organizer), in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida:

I am a working mom with four kids and love to cook, so for me having an organized pantry is essential. 

How to stock your new apartment's pantry

In Boston, everyone moves on September 1.

With the streets littered with orange U-Haul vans and trucks in all sizes, parked willy-nilly to the curb, maneuvering around town requires the skill of an obstacle course test driver.

Miraculously, by the end of the day, or by the end of the day before or after September 1, everyone has settled where they are supposed to be. And then every new apartment dweller heads for the nearest supermarket, to stock up.

If your cupboards are bare -- whether your pantry is a closet, a shelf, or a tiny space on the counter -- and your budget is limited, where do you start?

Slow-roasted tomatoes (Recipe: corn, bean, and two tomato salad)

With any luck, the next time you see these tomatoes, they'll look like this: