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Radish Reversal

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Tucked into a farro and vegetables salad at La Posta recently (Yes, I do, too, eat at other restaurants, but I seem to get more ideas here to use at home), I discovered sweet young radishes with their greenery still attached. J suggested that the cook had blanched the greens by suspending them upside down [...]

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Got plastic bags? Re-use ‘em!

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

 

Cabrillo College Farmers’ Market

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Back from the Land of the Blue-footed Boobies

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Despite lost luggage, a touch of turista, some seasickness and a painful encounter with jellyfish while snorkeling, the Galapagos trip was pretty damned fabulous. From our arrival at the ship’s dock — where we had to step over sea lions sunning themselves on the gangplank — to the final day of swimming with adorable small [...]

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Farewell, Old Friend

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

 

We had some good times; made some good food. I learned to cope with your thermostatic infidelity, but when you stopped self-cleaning the relationship was over for me.
 

Murphy’s Law of Kitchen Remodeling: The space vacated by the old appliance will be exactly one-half inch too small for the new.
 

Hello, Gorgeous!

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Two Easy Nibbles: One Savory; One Sweet

Friday, December 21st, 2007

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From amongst all the delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts I sampled at recent holiday parties here are two I’ll be serving my own guests:*A few days ago I baked a batch of cream puff [...]

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Cooking Nude

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Ever since the New York Times published chef Anna Klinger’s recipe for malfatti back in November, 2002, I’ve loved eating these fat little pillows of ricotta, chard and nutmeg and loved part of the process of making them. Also known as gnocchi gnudi (nude gnocchi) these require no rolling, cutting or flicking off fork tines. [...]

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Twas the Night before Turkey

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Blood orange/shallot butter
The sweet potato pudding is defrosting in the refrigerator; the pie crust is resting in the freezer and the cranberry/orange relish is getting damned tasty after its week-long marinade in Tripe Sec. Despite a day spent here at the beach house last week getting a head [...]

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Do-ahead Sweet Potato Pudding

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

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Once again, as I have been for the past two Thanksgivings, I’m thankful for Marian Burros and her splendid recipe for Spiced Sweet Potato Pudding. Any Thanksgiving recipe that can be made way [...]

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Radicchio di Castelfranco

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

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I was heading to the far corner of the vegetable garden to cut the last dahlia of the season — a bright red blossom I’d spotted from the kitchen window — when I found [...]

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True Love — at last.

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Over the years I’ve wasted silly amounts of money in search of the perfect containers for fridge and freezer storage, but my long, frustrating quest is over. My heart now belongs to decor tellfresh containers — made in Australia but available from the Container Store’s website. They’re dishwasher safe, relatively inexpensive, come [...]

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