Crazy about Cardamom

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

I tend to get crushes on certain recipes, falling in love with particular flavor combinations and cooking them over and over. My children used to greet new dishes with “This is good, Mom, but don’t go crazy with it.” Translation: “We don’t want to eat it 3 or 4 times a week for the next [...]

Tags: cardamom, fennel, Tamasin Day-Lewis

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On My Coffee Table

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

I usually don’t play the meme game, but I couldn’t resist this one from the Gorgeous Redhead at Gorgeous Things. Gorgeous Things is a sewing blog — elegant, near-couture-level plumage. Those who know me well would be astonished that I hang out there, seeing as I haven’t threaded a needle since The Horror that was [...]

Tags: "Don't Try This at Home, Andrew Friedman, chef Tom Douglas, Gorgeous Things blog, Kimberly Witherspoon, Project Rungay, Seattle chef, Tamasin Day-Lewis, Tim Gunn

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4 Questions 4 Tamasin Day-Lewis

Monday, April 14th, 2008

At the beginning of February I wrote about Tamasin Day-Lewis’s wonderful book, “Where Shall We Go for Dinner?” And now I’m eagerly awaiting an even newer work: a big fat compendium of her recipes — 1,000 of them — titled “All You Can Eat,” due in May. To complete my personal Tamasin triathlon, she recently [...]

Tags: Cecil Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis, Puglia, Richard Corrigan, Slow Food, Tamasin Day-Lewis

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