Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Two things were standing in the way of dessert at last week’s dinner party: 1) I’m not big on baking and 2) I was low on time. Thankfully, I remembered something Murray’s Cheese posted on their tumblr a while back. As I just mentioned, I didn’t have a ton of time on my hands so…
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I wanted to use some very Fall flavors in the salad at Friday’s dinner party and that meant pomegranate and fennel. This is an incredibly easy salad to put together. Simply dump the lettuce into a bowl and top with chopped avocado, crumbled gorgonzola, shaved fennel (a mandolin comes in handy here), and pomegranate seeds.…
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Appetizer number two at Friday’s dinner party, her butter and radish toasts, was another easy one. Here’s a tip that will make your life significantly easier if you’re the kind of person who entertains: bakery counters slice bread for you. This is a great thing to know if you ever want to use a loaf…
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On Friday I hosted a dinner party that went off without a hitch. Because the guests were arriving at 8:00 and I wasn’t going to get to my apartment until almost 7:30, I had to make sure I filled the menu with easy to activate dishes. I also knew I would be doing all the…
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Here’s a quick fix side dish idea for ya. Cook up some Israeli couscous and while you’re doing that, start sautéing chopped zucchini in a pan with a little butter. When the zucchini is about halfway done, add one clove of chopped garlic and a bunch of fresh spinach. I also added some fresh thyme…
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Sweet peas…sweet ham. These two things often seem to come together so I figured I would throw them into a pasta dish for a quick supper. But sweet on sweet in something that’s not a dessert just ain’t my style so I wanted to create a simple recipe to make those sweet freaks happy without…
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Caramelized onions are very French and French is very sophisticated. Hence, adding caramelized onions to just about any dish will make it more sophisticated. I decided to try out this theory with a recipe I found on A Cozy Kitchen. The onions take the most time so I stuck them in a pan with olive…
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My plan for book club was to make one of my Mom’s pies. I got the recipe and was all ready to go…until I couldn’t find the main ingredient in the grocery store. So there I was, standing in D’Ag at 8:45 PM the night before, no idea what I was going to make. I…
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Ever have a feeling that’s so rare you need to pause and acknowledge it? Well last week I had the urge to bake muffins and since I never want to bake I had to stop and give this feeling some attention. I don’t bake because I don’t really like it – it’s too precise. At least,…
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Now that I’m further from the N/R line, I go to Eataly less frequently then I used to. After some thinking (it shouldn’t have taken me this long to figure out), I realized it’s not that far of a walk from the 6 or my apartment in general if I want to get in a…
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Peaches to Apples 