About one year ago I was eating at Eataly and discovered cacio e pepe. The name of the dish translates to “cheese and pepper”, and it’s made of literally three ingredients: pasta, cheese, and peppercorns. But when those ingredients are combined the right way, with the proper amount of heat and pasta water, it creates…
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3 on Thursday
Other than the Super Bowl, I don’t have any plans this weekend so I guess I’ll be figuring it out as I go. I’m slowly getting back into a gym routine so I’m feeling pretty good and I want to take the weekend to get the rest of my life in order…not that it’s particularly…
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Toast with Prosciutto, Creamy Goat Cheese, and Honey
There is such a thing as the American Cheese Society (ACS). I don’t know exactly what that entails, but I know it is made for me. Because I am a cheese-o-phile, I get regular emails from cheese mecca, Murray’s. Yesterdy, they sent an email announcing the ACS 2015 award winners. I was happy to see…
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Cheesy Pull-Apart Bread
Since I was hosting book club, I wanted to take advantage of the fact that I could use my oven – I didn’t have to focus on easy-to-transport recipes. However, I still wasn’t going to have much time to prepare anything after work so I chose something easy and shareable: cheesy pull-apart bread. This is next…
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Pimento Cheese Stuffed Peppers with Bacon
Like any good Lowcountry gal, I love my pimento cheese, particularly on a sandwich made with white bread. Sigh. That takes me back. But last week when I made a batch, I wanted to try something a little different. In a very simple recipe that is perfectly adorable for snacking, I stuffed halved mini bell…
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Seasonal Tastes: April – Burrata with Radishes and Fried Shallots
Cooking with seasonal ingredients takes advantage of when produce is at its best. There’s usually more flavor, it can be more cost efficient, and it just feels more genuine. Each month I’ll cook a dish showcases and in-season ingredient. At best, radishes are used as a topping on a salad, but this dish makes them…
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Astoria Bier and Cheese
Albert discovered Astoria Bier and Cheese on a run through his neighborhood and new immediately it would be a place for us. He gets a wide selection of beer and I get cheeeeeeese. We went with The Works platter, which comes with 5 cheeses, 4 meats, and some accoutrements like fig cake. I was very…
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3 on Thursday
I made the difficult decision to lay low on Saturday and Sunday. I knew that if I didn’t, it would mean seven straight weeks with no time to myself. While that means I may have missed out on a party, I got to rest up and recharge my batteries. After spending my weekend taking a…
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Melt Shop
An entire restaurant devoted to grilled cheese sounds heavenly. And now it exists. Actually, it has existed for over a year, but now it conveniently exists near my office. I can’t go too often because my grilled cheese came to almost $10 – a crazy markup – and of course it didn’t keep me full…
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Alpine Grilled Cheese
Experimenting with grilled cheese is fun. I’m a purist so I don’t believe you can add more than one non-cheese ingredient and still call it a grilled cheese. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t play around with different cheese varieties. This time, I wanted a cow’s milk Alpine cheese and went with Appenzeller Kaserei Tufertsch.…
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Peaches to Apples 