10 Aug Summer Tomato Salad with Creamy Garlic Vinaigrette
For this recipe, we used red vine-ripe globes (Beefsteak), heirloom (Brandywine), tomatillos, and yellow tomatoes....
August 2005
09 Aug Chocolate Mint: Not Just an Ice Cream Flavor
Posted at 09:39h
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Given how difficult it is to find certain herbs in my local market, I've decided to give in at last and plant a bigger herb garden. While I now have the basics, there are some astonishing varieties of herb plants available that could give my cooking a whole new twist. Ever...
08 Aug Cooking for Sanity
Posted at 13:20h
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I've found, much to my dismay, that recent work deadlines have prevented me from spending a great deal of time in the kitchen. Cooking has always been my way to unwind; to empty my mind of the stresses of the day and work with tangible, perishable goods whose delicate flavors...
05 Aug Farmers Market Incites Food Frenzy
Posted at 12:43h
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I. Love. The Farmers Market.I should also know better than to shop there when I'm hungry. The sight of such vivid colors and smells is dangerous for someone like me — I go into a bit of a frenzy trying to decide what flavors will satiate my palate in...
04 Aug Beyond Semi-Ludicrous
Posted at 09:13h
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WARNING: RANT COMINGIt has come to my attention that there is now a show on the TV Food Network celebrating food that is "semi-homemade." Now, having used shortcuts in the kitchen, I can understand how this might be a good subject for a television show. Then I looked at the...
03 Aug The Quest for Butterbeer
Posted at 11:21h
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I have located recipes for rock cakes and treacle tarts, but I may wait for warmer weather to experiment with those. I've also found some rather questionable (read: nauseating) recipes on the internet for butterbeer, so I'll conjure up my own ideas for that one.If I only had a house-elf around to...