Marinated Shrimp | Margin Notes

My friend Carolyn is one of the smartest, funniest people I know. A fine writer, gifted editor, good golfer and terrific cook, she’s also incredibly kind. Correction: the kindness is limited to 364 days a year; on the day of her annual St. Patrick’s Day party she turns mean as Cruella De Vil.
Oh, she hides [...]

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“I love the smell of shrimp shells in the morning.”
I mean it. Do not make this recipe unless you are willing to follow my instructions EXACTLY.
It’s not as if I’ll be asking you to prepare puff pastry from scratch or shuck a bushel of oysters or bone a grouse — instead I submit for your [...]

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I write about food, interior design, and art for a variety of publications. And I scribble constantly in the margins of my cookbooks, recipe binders, travel diaries and interview notebooks. These ideas and tips are the margin notes of my culinary life and the core of this blog.

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