Easiest damn (good) braised brisket ever

December 11, 2009
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It has been quite a ride the last few months.  This week I’m incorporating a new tech startup, with a co-founder I couldn’t be more pleased to be working with.  More on that to come (and thank you to those who took my first survey).  I’m loving being back at the ground floor with an [...]

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Poached Pears in Red Wine

November 29, 2009

I used to make this dessert all the time and for some reason took a long hiatus.  When we had some friends over for dinner tonight, I felt the need to make dessert for a change and took a quick look across the food blogosphere for an update.  I found a nice recipe by Béatrice [...]

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Pictures from Late Summer

October 29, 2009
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It is hard to believe that over two months have passed since I’ve posted.  I have not had time to post here or read so many of my favorite food blogs, and I’m hoping to change that soon.  In the meantime, we are still here, doing well, and missing you all.  Here are a few [...]

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Summer meals: gratins and sauces

August 31, 2009
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I’ve been on a gratin kick again the last few days.  The first one was a remake of an eggplant, zucchini, basil and cheese gratin dish I blogged a year ago.  It was one of my favorite meals of 2008, and it struck gold again. It should have been enough for 4 people, but was [...]

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Elise’s Chocolate & Zucchini Cake

August 27, 2009
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What do excess zucchini and a bored, unwell 4 year old have in common?  Elise’s Chocolate Zucchini Cake over at Simply Recipes!  This made for a fun Sunday afternoon project, and we’ve been happily nibbling the delicious results all week. It has a wonderful chocolate flavor, and stays moist and not too dense. [...]

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Lulu’s Baked Halibut with Mushrooms and Cream

August 27, 2009
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Some days you see a recipe and weather be damned.  That’s what happened to me when I was flipping through Richard Olney’s homage to Lulu Peyraud, Lulu’s Provencal Table and saw:
“Baked Halibut with Mushrooms and Cream”
Yes, I’m a sucker for breadcrumbs.
I cooked the dish that very night to bid adieu to L’s mother, flying back [...]

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Slow Baked Dry Rubbed Spare Ribs

August 24, 2009
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Theoretically, I should experiment more with dry rubs but, well, it’s just… for me, this stuff is like the grill equivalent of crack.  Crack and pork. Pork and crack. I play around with ratios and leading actors, but I always come back to the same basic cast of characters.  When these players hit the stage [...]

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Lulu’s Ratatouille (and the benefits of elbow grease)

August 23, 2009
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I’ve been reading Julia Child’s My Life in France and the difficulties she faced trying to publish Mastering the Art of French Cooking.  In 1959, when Houghton Mifflin finally passed on the book, and before Knopf picked it up, Julia read a note from her champion at Houghton who explained the rejection, “They feel [the [...]

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Shiitake, Chard Ravioli in Dashi Broth w Watercress and Shimeji Mushrooms

August 20, 2009
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Homemade ravioli, stuffed with shiitake mushrooms, chard stems, shallots, pine nuts, parsley and parmesan, made from fresh beet-leaf pasta, served with a dashi-mushroom broth with watercress, scallion greens, and shimeji mushrooms.
That’s a mouthful to say, but was an absolute delight to eat.  It was also my first attempt to make up an Asian-European fusion dish, [...]

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Peach, Blueberry and Apricot Cake

August 12, 2009
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When it comes to baking, one of my favorite test kitchens belongs to a New Jersey blog called Stacey Snacks.  I’m not a huge baker, even though I might aspire to Zoe heights, however I’ve mentioned before that baking has become a fun activity where I can involve our 4 yr old munchkin. When Lisl [...]

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