Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Oh how happy my refrigerator is! After many long, lonely nights, its contents were finally replenished after a trip to Trader Joe’s. I was a good girl and went to the gym this morning and I wanted to keep the healthy streak going, so I made a nice meal out of stuffed mushrooms. Usually, my…
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I wanted to do something special for Matt and Karina to celebrate their recent engagement so I decided to prepare dinner for them. An engagement is a pretty big deal so I decided to pull out all the stops for our intimate dinner party. I planned a six course dinner and somehow managed to time…
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I didn’t get back from the gym until after 9 last night, which means three things: Dinner was going to be late so it needed to be quick and easy I wanted to carbo-load Since I had just worked out, I didn’t want junk I managed to find a meal to satisfy all the above…
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Last night was a make-something-outta-nothing night. I had a lot of random ingredients in my fridge/freezer. Plenty of snacks, not much dinner material. I had some frozen organic butternut squash chunks that I found at Whole Foods a week or two ago. I didn’t know butternut squash could be done in a microwave steam-fresh bag.…
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Now that I know how to poach eggs, I decided to re-create a dish I had at a restaurant, with my own little twist of course. Though unplanned, it worked out nicely that the meal I decided to make ahead of time was quick and easy because I ended up staying late at work on…
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So for the last two weeks, I thought I was going home to the Top Chef Allstars finale and for the last two weeks, I have been wrong. Normally, I hate being wrong; but in this case, I am happy to extend the life of one of my favorite shows. Finally, it was finale time…
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Last night was the season finale of Top Chef. Actually, it wasn’t – apparently there’s another episode; but since I thought it was, I wanted to make sure I prepared some new recipes. I didn’t want to eat take out or leftovers while watching these All Stars cook food magic. That said, it was late…
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I had a major craving for mac and cheese and couldn’t help but give into it last night. I didn’t just want any mac; I wanted truffle mac. This country may be going into truffle oil exhaustion (it’s everywhere!), but I still think it goes so well with mac and cheese. I went to the…
Read MoreWhen I told my Mom about the delicious casserole I cooked last week, she told me that she tried to cook a casserole for my Daddy when they first married. “Casseroles are for poor people,” he told her. He must have later warmed to the idea because I ate a lot of casseroles growing up.…
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Peaches to Apples 