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I’m always nervous when I come up with my own recipe – a THK Original, I call it. I’m worried the ingredient combinations and cooking methods I’ve concocted in my head won’t actually work. That’s why, when a dish comes out just as I planned, I am elated. This was one such case, and I got…
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The Dish: There’s a scene in “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” where Rose tells Sue Ellen to relax after a rough day by having a glass of wine and putting some cucumber slices on her eyes. When Sue Ellen responds that she’s all out of cucumbers, Rose says, “every girl over twenty-five should have…
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This roasted red pepper and goat cheese pasta has all the creaminess of alfredo with the extra tang of goat cheese. And then there’s the garlic and basil flavors typically found in pesto. Just for good measure (and a gorgeous color) there’s roasted red pepper in there, too. That’s about three different sauces, but it…
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One of my Arthur Avenue finds was fresh pasta. Rather than get plain pasta, I got basil pasta in the hopes that it would have enough flavor on its own, requiring less work on my end. I was right – you could taste the basil in every bite. All I put on top was a…
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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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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. I may make brussels sprouts all year long, but now is when they’re really in their prime.…
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Food Network Magazine had a mini “Family and Kids” mag in the back of a recent issue. In this section, they reinvented ants on a log, the classic after school snack of celery sticks filled with peanut butter and topped with raisins. I’m pretty sure this article was all about sneaking veggies into your kid’s…
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When it came to cooking for my last book club meeting, I just wasn’t havin it. Oddly enough, I wasn’t even that busy; I just didn’t want to tie myself down to preparing a specific travel-well recipe for a group. My solution was to open up one of my “easy” cookbooks. Every recipe in this…
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This side dish is basically cheating it’s so easy. Cook some rice (I use a rice cooker because it’s easier than easy, but an old fashioned pot is totes fine) and while there’s about 10 minutes left, sauté mushrooms and onions in butter with salt and pepper. Or if you’re using a rice cooker, it…
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September is the official start of fall and while most people excite in the change of seasons because it signifies a change in wardrobe, I like the transition to fall because it means new ingredients. One thing that’s in season in September is arugula. Arugula is a lettuce, which usually means “salad base”. That’s still…
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Peaches to Apples 