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My husband Mike points out that the room goes silent as I watch a quivering gooey strand of icing ...
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Cilantro haters have been vindicated.
The New York Times recently ran a story: Cilantro Haters, ...
Makes 4 servings
1 medium butternut squash, about 1 1/2-2 pounds or about 4-5 cups cooked
1 ...
They serve a version of these at Neiman Marcus at lunch instead of bread
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon ...
for the bouquet garni:
6 sprigs thyme
1 sprig rosemary
3 bay leaves
6 juniper berries, cracked
1/2 ...
olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1/2 baguette, cut into cubes
fine sea ...
1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
¼ cup water
3 tablespoons honey
1 egg
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 ...
Serves 6
Custard:
4 large eggs
3/4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
pinch salt
1 ...
It has been a long time since I have been to a restaurant that actually inspired me to write about ...
What if your favorite restaurant was in the same state you were in but it was 9 hours away???
We ...
Just For You Cafe in the Dogpatch Neighborhood of San Francisco, sits about two blocks from where I ...
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When Heather Christo asked me if I would be interested in checking out her new book, Generous ...
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I had a completely fabulous mother. She was a pretty good cook, except that she was always so ...
Mother's Day is a special time to appreciate our mothers and the mothers of our children. A ...
As I was making my Shepherd's pie for our book club supper last night, I started to nibble ...
In the summer of 1966 I worked as a dishwasher in a summer camp near Hunter Mountain in upstate New ...
Let me be unequivocal here: I hate my clay pot.
I bring this up because of the front page article ...