Our Stories
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I love this cake. I think of it as a dessert for a minor event, like when a couple of girlfriends ...
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Did you grow up with lots of muffins in your household? I didn’t. In fact, I don’t remember having ...
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“All that matters is that you jump.”
One of my trapeze instructors whispers this to me as I am ...
Fall
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Pumpkin is one of my favorite ingredients, especially during the fall months. This is a great cake ...
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At first glance — and even, quite frankly, after extended contemplation — there is little to hint ...
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For a long time, the closest I had ever come to what I thought was a real fig was the dried kind or ...
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There are plenty of reasons to enjoy apples this season. For me it's because they make the best ...
Our Recipes
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1 1/2 cups chopped mango (about 1/2 inch dice)
1 package Trader Joe’s Thai Lime Rice
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3 cups sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
8 oz package cream cheese, softened
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I happen to like liver, like I really like it, although lately, even I understand why someone ...
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1 can of cored pineapple rings, about 8 rings
8 cherries
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Like everybody else in the world, I have a recipe for rice pudding that has ...
Holiday Issues
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We haven't cracked the champagne but the table is set and we are ready to celebrate! This was such ...
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Italian Jewish culinary culture is fascinating. Not Ashkenazi, not sephardi it’s its own mashup of ...
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“Now, I go on a diet.”
It is eight days into the new year when my temporary house dad in Rome has ...
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My favorite part about Thanksgiving is always the desserts. Pumpkin pie and pecan pie are my ...
Restaurant Reviews
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Not only were we celebrating our nation’s birthday this past weekend, but the birthdays of two of ...
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OK... it is better than not coming at all!
There is something rather delicious about “discovering” ...
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My mom makes the greatest hamburger in the world. I don’t know how she does it — it’s not the cut ...
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Art & Soul, located just inside the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, DC, is Chef Art ...
Cookbooks We Love
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Growing up with an Italian grandmother, desserts usually meant full-bodied, booze-spiked, often ...
Our Featured Authors
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I have a complicated relationship with my Keurig. It was given to us at Christmas by my husband’s ...
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It happened suddenly. One minute we were together, touching, my hands on his body, as close as ...
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My mother had a way of inventing traditions. “It’s Lizzie’s birthday!” she’d proclaim periodically ...