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The Dish: I’m a goofball and will often break into weird accents, especially if I’m hanging around my best friend, Matt. That’s why the the scene when Harry and Sally are chatting in the Met is one of the most endearing to me. They are so comfortable with each other that they can talk like…
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I was devastated when my favorite neighborhood wine bar, Terroir, closed. I almost boycotted the restaurant that replaced it, in a move of solidarity. But then I realized that would be silly because then I would be denying myself delicious food – delicious food that has spent all day getting nice and juicy on a…
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One of the items on my Fall To-Do List was make Taco Tuesday a thing. There are a million ways to make a taco so you won’t get bored if you have this meal once a week. There are so many options when it comes to fillings and fixins! For my first official Taco Tuesday…
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I was saving this review because I had submitted it for a Time Out New York food critic competition. But since I haven’t heard back from them, I’m guessing I lost (now is the time to shout “she was robbed!”) so I’m sharing my review with all of y’all: We Southerners living in NYC guard…
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Usually, when you build a meal around a jarred sauce, also known as taking the easy way out, it’s some sort of pasta with marinara. That doesn’t have to be the case if you can shop at Trader Joe’s. They have tons of jarred sauces for all sorts of cuisines. I recently picked up a jar…
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I found a jar of pesto with quinoa at Trader Joe’s and have been keeping it in the pantry until just the right moment when I needed to quickly pull together a meal on a weeknight. I had to spend the evening cleaning my apartment (boringggg but enough procrastinating, already!) so I wanted a meal…
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My Mom and Allison didn’t arrive in the neighborhood from the airport until about 10 PM so we decided to stick nearby when getting a bite to eat. For no particular reason, Albert has never wanted to try Sticky’s Finger Joint, despite all the amazing pics I’ve seen on FoodBaby’s instagram, so I took the…
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You probably know how to make chicken fingers. Just buy the chicken already cut into tenders and coat them: flour, egg, panko. Note: I like some cayenne mixed in my panko. Then just fry or bake. I’m trying to be healthy, so I went with baking. The story here is not the chicken, it’s the…
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When Albert made a special request for chicken parm for our Chrismukkah gift exchange, I had to learn how to make it quickly. Based on all the recipes I looked at, it seemed this is the kind of dish that you can make more complicated with herbs and frying…or easy with baking and some help…
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I am usually intrigued whenever chicken or fish is “encrusted.” It makes the protein seem so special that it’s got its own protective armor of flavor. Usually putting a crust around something requires the right balance of oven temperature and cook time. You need to crisp up the outter layer without drying the rest of the…
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Peaches to Apples 