Valentine's Day
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I broke up with my boyfriend the night before I took off for Ohio to canvass for Obama. Well ...
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Lately it’s been quiet in my place. I’m amazed by how only a week can feel like a lifetime after ...
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Red Velvet is popular around Christmas but in the south you will usually find it served all year ...
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Reasons why you must absolutely make this salad for your honey on Valentine's Day (what you didn't ...
Our Stories
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I can't remember exactly where I had my first taste of beef short ribs. A restaurant? Someone's ...
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Wednesday was a special day in my house when I was a child. My father was a pharmacist, my mother ...
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Fall has arrived in San Diego. This morning on our hike Jeff and I could see our breath in the ...
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From the NY Times
Of all the things you can do with a radish — slice it into salads, chop it ...
Winter
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Frasier Fir, boxwood, magnolia, grapevine – all traditional bases for wreaths. We can pick them up ...
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Blood oranges are all over the markets right now. It's actually very surprising, because a few ...
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It's March, and the weather is still pretty miserable. There are cold fronts, snow storms, dense ...
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So far I have stuck to my New Year’s resolutions except for the part about the peppermint bark. I ...
Our Recipes
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From Bon Appetit
Lemon Glaze:
1-1/2 cups packed powdered sugar, sifted
2 Tablespoons (or more if ... -
Ingredients:
for the strawberry sauce: 1 pint of fresh strawberries, rinced, stems removed
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1 garlic clove, peeled
1 small jalapeño pepper, seeded, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/4 cup fresh ... -
Makes 6-8 servings.
Filling:
3 pounds ripe fresh apricots, about 15
1 cup pitted fresh cherries
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1 1/2 cups pecan halves, plus about 32 pecan halves for pressing onto unbaked cookies
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crust adapted from here
yield: 16 servingsIngredients:
7 lbs apples (3 1/2 lbs tart apples, 3 1/2 ...
Holiday Issues
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From the LA Times
The annual Thanksgiving feast is a time when home cooks enjoy pulling out all the ...
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If you ask my Jewish husband, he’ll tell you that, until I married him, I “didn’t know from Jewish ...
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“Ouch,” my husband groaned miserably as something metal jabbed him in the side. “It’s like ...
Restaurant Reviews
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Today's adventure begins as I leave Boston over the Tobin Bridge to Route 1 North to Middleton. I ...
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Restaurants aren’t supposed to be real. Real you can get at home. Restaurants are for fantasy of ...
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Amber Road Café's breakfast is worth getting up for. Lunch warrants standing on line. Dinner? ...
Cookbooks We Love
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No, really, oh. Oh as in “Oh my, these brownies” and “Oh damn, these brownies.” Oh as “Oh I ...
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I would love to take a moment to review The Sriracha Cookbook that arrived last January. I would ...
Our Featured Authors
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In the summer of 1966 I worked as a dishwasher in a summer camp near Hunter Mountain in upstate New ...
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Three years ago, I moved my family back to the east coast. No, that’s not totally accurate. Truth ...
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The first time I ate at Coco Lezzone in Florence, it was at the invitation of film producer Dino ...