Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
There are a couple of no brainers when it comes to salmon: dill and dijon mustard; so it’s no surprise that both of them find their way into this dish. I made a few small changes to this recipe for warm couscous salad with salmon and mustard-dill dressing. Instead of cooking the salmon in the…
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The Dish: Dating a vegetarian could be a deal breaker for a guy (it may even be one for me) so Andie tells Ben she doesn’t eat meat to scare him away…and then scarfs a hot dog in the back of the hippy restaurant after crying to the waitress that her boyfriend thinks she’s fat.…
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Instead of having a cheese plate for supper two nights in a row, I recently incorporated some leftover Hungarian salami into a pasta dish. I boiled up some spinach and chive linguine (Trader Joe’s) and tossed it with some store-bought marinara. The trick here is to put in enough sauce to just coat the pasta.…
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Kofta is a Middle Eastern or Indian meatball. I was lucky enough to find lamb version with masala sauce in the freezer section of Trader Joe’s ($4.99!) that required no more than 8-10 minutes in a pan. They are so flavorful – coriander, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric – so many spices! As long as they like…
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I was recently in a café and noticed a lovely wild rice salad in the case. Or at least I thought it was lovely until I realized it was chock full of raw red onions and some other ingredients I’m not super fond of. Still, the idea of a wild rice salad appealed to me…
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I almost didn’t post this meal. It’s not a “real” recipe and it’s almost too easy. But then I remembered how much I enjoyed eating it and figured, hey, my loyal, deserving, super dee duper readers may not have discovered this preparation yet and probably want as many easy recipes as they can get. For…
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This month’s “Inspiration Station” is built around “The Fault in Our Stars.” I tried to wait for the movie mania to die down a bit and now feel like this is an appropriate time to revive one of the summer’s biggest hits. The Dish: Augustus tells Hazel that he’s using his wish on a trip…
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I had such success with my Grown Up Tuna Melt that I decided to try a new variation. This one is a bit less quirky, but the artichokes give it a Mediterranean taste that sets it apart from other tuna salads. I diverged from the recipe a bit by using lemon zest with pepper (vs. lemon…
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When you think of baked ziti, it’s always marinara and mozz. You’d be amazed at what a difference switching to pesto can make. It’s still the same process of opening up a jar of store-bought sauce…the only difference is the sauce being green instead of red. Cook up 1/2 a box of ziti (this recipe…
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After a busy weekend running around at all the wedding festivities, I really just wanted to spend Sunday evening at home. I could cook a real meal, watch True Blood, and go to sleep early. Since Albert agreed to my request to stay in, I decided to make him something I knew he would enjoy…
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Peaches to Apples 