Our Stories
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Yesterday afternoon, I was lost in a meditative moment of nothingness while pleating dumpling skins ...
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I remember it like it was yesterday – laying in bed, completely entranced in the fiery excitement ...
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I’m pretty ambivalent about the Olympics. I watched the opening ceremonies so that I could hear the ...
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I'm spending a few days in what I'm told is the Mid-West of America (albeit the Northern Mid-West), ...
Fall
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At first glance — and even, quite frankly, after extended contemplation — there is little to hint ...
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I love this time of year. Temperatures are falling and the leaves are turning golden and orange. ...
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Keitt Mangoes
Last year in the steamy Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden of South Florida I ...
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With its naturally sweet taste, bright orange hue, and delicate flavor, butternut squash is one of ...
Our Recipes
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1 English cucumber
1/4 lb thinly sliced smoked salmon or nova lox
Thinly sliced chives
Red caviar ... -
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1 1/2 cups sugar
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened plus more for ... -
Mango Wasabi-Ginger Tarter Sauce:
2 cups good-quality mayonnaise
2 tablespoons mango puree
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The recipe has been adapted and she uses a combination of goat cheese and feta to give it its ...
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1 cup butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups brown sugarMix as for pie crust or put butter, ...
Holiday Issues
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I love chocolate. I have always loved chocolate. I have lived my life by the principle, So ...
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On the first night of Hanukkah, I wanted to make something representative of our holiday. On the ...
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For the past few birthdays, Christmases, and really any occasion requiring a gift, my Mother has ...
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I can’t help it. I really can’t.
When I go into a grocery store and I put an avocado in my ...
Restaurant Reviews
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I’m obsessed. There’s no way of getting around it. I’m a walking Jackie Mason routine. At lunch, no ...
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Have you been to Seattle? If you have, perhaps you've experienced what I have--that everyone there ...
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Suzanne Goin, the uber-talented celebrity chef of Lucques and A.O.C. Wine Bar fame, was rumored to ...
Cookbooks We Love
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My favorite all time shredded barely holding together cookbook is: The Classic Italian Cookbook by ...
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Most cookbooks focus on what's new, but not all of them. And there are definitely some advantages ...
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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There are apples from a tree in Laurel Canyon that sit in a bowl on my hall table. The bowl, with ...
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Big TV nights…what’s a restaurant owner to do? I’ll tell you the last thing you want to do. Stand ...