My next Meyer lemon experiment was a savory recipe from Amanda Hesser’s Cooking for Mr. Latte. This is the type of recipe that drives me crazy – a handful of this and a few handfuls of that. Seriously? I don’t see anything wrong giving exact measurements – of course everyone adjusts recipes to their own [...]
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Posted in cake, daring bakers, dessert on Dec 22nd, 2007
2007 was probably the busiest year of my life. I got engaged, then married, I moved to a new city, I finished my PhD, and I started a new, very time-consuming job. December was an appropriate finish to such a year – on top of all the holiday craziness and a visit from my parents, [...]
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With our move to Philadelphia imminent, I’m desperately trying to empty our freezer and cabinets. I knew I had a bag of frozen peas in the freezer, and I was having trouble figuring out what to do with it. No way was I going to just cook up a bunch of peas to chase around [...]
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Posted in citrus, cookies, dessert, fruit on Dec 17th, 2007
There are those that would call me a food snob. And while it’s true that I chop my own garlic and refuse to use margarine, I don’t think you can decide who’s a food snob until you’ve read Amanda Hesser’s Cooking for Mr. Latte. With all her guinea hens, haricots verts, and crème fraiche, Hesser [...]
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You know those days after you’ve eaten nothing but crap when you just feel heavy and unpleasant? Usually they happen after a vacation or maybe just a particularly decadent weekend. This is my go-to meal for those days. My parents recently visited, and it was four days of mostly eating out. Waffles for breakfast, pizza [...]
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As much as I love my friends and family, I am terrible at getting gifts out to them on time. Invariably, I won’t start looking for gift ideas until after I’ve made the call (or email or text message) to wish the person a happy birthday And that is why my good friend Sidfaiwu, whose [...]
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There are so many mistakes in life that can’t be undone. Sharp words to a friend, a poor job interview, even a stubbed toe. But when mistakes are made in the kitchen, there’s always the opportunity to try it until we get it right. And thus it was that I found myself making more sandwiches [...]
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Posted in appetizers, dips, vegetables on Dec 6th, 2007
There are those people who love vegetables. They want nothing more than a big plate of perfectly steamed broccoli or braised Brussels sprouts. My husband is like this, and so is my mom. These people are lucky. I don’t hate vegetables. If they’re cooked just right, I find them pretty darn edible. But I’m always [...]
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Posted in beef, sandwiches, weeknight meal on Dec 3rd, 2007
The final installment to sandwich week didn’t go well. (Neither did the second installment, if you recall.) The cheesesteak recipe comes from Alton Brown’s Good Eats. The Food Network’s write-up of it wasn’t very clear, so I even rewatched the segment of the show where Alton makes them. Of course, in the happy land of [...]
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