Our Stories
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It’s been a very, very short summer. I am not at all happy that 2 of my 3 kids are returning to ...
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I have found the answer to beating the summer heat. I am really not interested in sweating over the ...
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For most normal cooks, inspiration can come from just about anywhere…a restaurant, a cookbook, even ...
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One of the things that has stuck with me most from my trip to England some years ago was the ...
Fall
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When Brian and I took the boys to Italy, we wanted to eat lunch at a place near the Vatican that a ...
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The other day at the market, a woman approached me and said, "Excuse me, but may I ask you a ...
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Oscar Wilde said, "I can resist everything but temptation." I think he had fresh figs in mind when ...
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Kohlrabi, a vegetable that sounds just as foreign as it is alien to most people, is a ...
Our Recipes
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Makes 2 large flatbreads
1 cup unbleached white flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup ... -
Serves 2 - 3 as a main dish or 4 as a starter
1/2 lb fettucine
1/2 large onion, thinly sliced
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2 cups navy beans
1/2 pound bacon
1 onion, finely diced
3 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoons salt
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32 oz bottle ginger ale
1 package beefy onion soup
1 whole onion sliced thin
1 bag small carrots
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2 cups warm water (110 to 115°F)
2/3 cup nonfat dry milk (instant or non-instant)
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1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup chopped onions
2 bay leaves
2 packages sliced green cabbage (about ...
Holiday Issues
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I started teaching my sons how to cook when they were barely tall enough to reach the kitchen ...
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Pudgy, glossy and scarlet red. There they were, bright and fresh, in plastic bags piled one on top ...
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I am from Philadelphia, and when I meet someone who isn’t from Philadelphia they always say “Oh! ...
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Generally I'm not one for "themed" food. But a girl's gotta have some fun. So for the 4th of July, ...
Restaurant Reviews
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I love food. And I love going out to eat and trying new places. And I love talking about food. In ...
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Despite the fact I have parents who eat ice cream almost every day (if they could have it at ...
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Sometimes you just need a big restaurant in the middle of the city to warm you up on girls night ...
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It's 100 degrees. There's Dead concert traffic choking the five o'clock crawl. We cross five lanes ...
Cookbooks We Love
Our Featured Authors
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This is an excerpt from the book "Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories"
We had ...
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Last week, on Martha’s Vineyard, while eating lobster on the docks of Menemsha, my 20 year old ...
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I was sitting with my husband in our sorry little kitchen. It’s small. Totally old school with a ...