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Risotto. Sweet Potato Leek Risotto.
Risotto. It’a a genius dish. Sometimes it’s a mere sideshow, sometimes it’s a solo act with its name in lights. Sometimes it features glamorous ingredients, such as exotic mushrooms and truffles (yes,...
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It was the chicken. Under a brick. With the potatoes.
Chicken under a brick doesn’t sound glamorous, does it? In fact, it may not even sound appetizing. The idea of a bit of poultry stewing under some sandy building implement doesn’t get the saliva...
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Mmm…. stuffing. Mmm… pie.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! Well, it’s one of those super busy days for us cooking fools. Luckily, this year I avoided the duty of cooking Thanksgiving dinner. We are enjoying it with my family in North...
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The food pyramid commands you: Roast chicken and quince and sausage stuffing
Stuffing is one of the more perfect side dishes. Think about it. Not only is it hot and delicious, but the best stuffings also have representatives from the major food groups: Bread, vegetable, meat,...
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It’s fennel slaw-tastic…
Even the fiercest of us carnivores have to get our roughage in. And while I’m not a huge salad fan, I can be persuaded to chow down on some tossed veg, if the right ingredients are in the offing....
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What’s a little fried food between friends? Parsnip chips.
Munch, munch, munch. Let’s face it: Homemade chips are the bomb. We are genetically and evolutionarily driven to consume salty fried snacks. And while you can’t always yield to Mother Nature’s urges,...
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Have Christmas Stress? Need a no fuss dish? But want it to shine? Try Ramen...
I enjoy food, as you know. But it isn’t often that I eat something and then sincerely plead, “I have to have this recipe.” (Perhaps because I prefer to have others prepare food for me, and then, who...
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Nothing lost in translation: Sunchoke and Potato Gratin.
You say po-TAY-to, I say po-TAH-to. You say sun-CHOKE… um, I say sun-CHOKE. My husband says grah-TAHN. I say GRAW-tin. It doesn’t quite make for a catchy song, but it does make for a damn fine dinner....
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A refreshing rhubarb-grapefruit salad for a sizzling summer day
It’s hot here. Brutally hot. The kind of hot where the scorching seat of your car can inflict third-degree burns and the sidewalk can literally cook eggs. It’s too hot to venture outside. It’s too hot...
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Beans, glorious beans!
I love, love, love green beans. Their snap. Their crunch. Their verdant, subtle sweetness. (The only form of green bean I can’t stand is, honestly, the canned variety. Such sadly abused beans make me...
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