Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
It’s rare that I make breakfast on the weekends. I usually either use the weekend as an excuse to grab a bagel or breakfast sandwich from around the corner or to sleep in, lounge around, and make lunch my first meal. But this Sunday I convinced Albert to come over for a proper weekend brunch.…
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I know I wrote about Dominque Ansel Bakery yesterday but who cares – here we go again. This time, we’re talking savory. While the bakery is famous for their desserts, they serve a couple soups, salads, and sandwiches that are, apparently, not to be knocked. One such sandwich was profiled about eight months ago and…
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I have consistently posted on this blog every weekday for a while now which means if I’m slacking I must be reeeeeally busy. That’s why when I had almost all of Sunday free, I thought the best thing I could do for myself was to cook up something yummy so I would have a fresh…
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This holiday never gets old to me. I get the warm fuzzies just thinking about all the tradition. And as is tradition in my family, I am in charge of the appetizers. Since the caramelized onion dip I made for book club was devoured, I decided that would be my backup. I’ve learned to always…
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One if my great new cheese discoveries is dunbarton blue. It’s a blue cheese with cheddar as the base. The texture is more like cheddar so it doesn’t crumble the way you may be accustomed to. Even the people I was with who don’t like blue cheese liked this one. I had to have more…
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I love stuffed peppers but plenty of people seem to think tomatoes are totally interchangeable when it comes to a meal of filled vegetables. There are about as many stuffed tomato recipes as there are stuffed pepper recipes so there must be something good there. I didn’t want to use the same recipe I usually…
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The day before last week’s book club I Googled “make ahead appetizers” and the first article to pop up was “6 Make-Ahead Appetizers” at realsimple.com. I’ve made many a Real Simple recipe that turned out great so I knew I was bound to find something easy and delicious there. I was drawn to the caramelized…
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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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Peaches to Apples 