Your Monday Lunch Break Reading List

Busy weekend? Here's what you may have missed on our site.

Saturday:

• Ever wondered about the difference between sprouts and shoots? Us too.
• We also figured out a few ways to ensure your cakes get a good rise.

Sunday:

• Lindsay-Jean gave us yet another reason to love broccoli—stalks included.
• And Posie told us how to give brownies a cool refresher. (Psst—add mint!)

Monday:

• It was Pi Day! We celebrated our irrational love by delivering pies to some of your doors.
• But also kicked off the week with Piglet: Day 13.
• And Sarah J. showed you breakfast like you’ve never seen it before.
• Plus, we taught you some of the best ways to use a Sunday batch of ragu all week long.

Tuesday:

• Crêpes aren't as fussy as you might suspect—especially now.
• We embraced the hearty late-winter lunch of vegetables every which way.
• Sam taught us a little history about how and why food gets political.
• While we also learned about the one of the biggest, ugliest problems in food today: food waste.

Wednesday:

• We started getting ready for the Persian New Year, Norooz, which falls on March 20th this year!
• Our test kitchen team even dreamed up a feast on its behalf.
• Meanwhile, we blew the lid off of the biggest misunderstanding in couscous history.
• And took one last opportunity to review some Piglet highlights before we announced the winner.

Thursday:

• We said a big, official congratulations to Hot Bread Kitchen, winner of this year's Piglet.
• It was also St. Patrick’s Day! So Amanda S. taught us about green paint that's far from gaudy.
• And made a batch of heirloom Irish Soda Bread, studded with caraway seeds and dried fruit.
• It also turns out that good Vegan Mac and Cheese is possible—and extremely delicious.

Friday:

• Easter's coming early this year, so our test churned out a wonderfully springy brunch menu sure to please everybunny.
• And Erin taught us how to make beautiful natural food dyes for all our spring decorating—Easter egg cookies, here we come.
• And since not everyone could make it to the Piglet party on Wednesday, we shared the speech our emcee, Adam Sachs, made when he announced the winner (for complete accuracy, read it on top of a table of tacos).
• Plus, you realize tofu should actually taste like something, right? We went behind the complicated history of tofu in America.