Smoked Labneh
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This creamy, luxe, smoked labneh is made with a stovetop smoker donabe, but
other stovetop smokers will work as well. The resulting flavor is
unexpected ...
10 Minute Greek Yogurt Dessert
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This amazing Greek Yogurt Dessert is easy enough to make in ten minutes
when you’re craving a treat but don’t have much time. And this dessert with
sugar...
Chocolate smoothie
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When I was growing up, there was a chocolate powdered drink known as an
instant breakfast. You poured a packet into a glass, added milk or water,
stirred, ...
miso chicken and rice
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How do you cook when your kitchen isn’t available for kitchen-ing? On a
Sunday last April, I awoke at the crack of dawn jet-lagged from an
(excellent) tr...
Puff Pastry Pizza Poppers - Size Matters
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Puff pastry pizza sounds like a great idea. Crispy, buttery, flaky pastry
topped with sauce, cheese, and your classic pizza toppings...what could go
wrong?...
Orange-Glazed Polenta Cake
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Apparently I’m not the only one who loves polenta cake. The Italians like
it so much that it’s called Amor Polenta. Which means “Polenta Love.” Well,
at le...
Lottie + Doof Gift Guide 2025
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Leo Costelloe Bow Pin Starting off with a splurge (in this economy!) which
was a gift to myself for the milestone birthday I am barreling towards at
the en...
Cuban Beef Picadillo (Picadillo Cubano)
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I grew up on Mexican food in California, but moving to the East Coast
introduced me to an entirely different world of Latin-American cuisine.
Instead of ...
Cranberry Magic Bars
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Let’s say it’s the day after Thanksgiving and you have a glut of
cranberries. What’s a person to do? You could make cranberry muffins for
breakfast, that...
High Protein Green Goddess Dip
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I’ve been trying to share this High Protein Green Goddess Dip recipe for
the past three weeks—but life, as it does, kept getting in the way. Back in
May,...
Quinoa Salad with Grilled Vegetables
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[image: Gorgeous gluten-free quinoa with grilled vegetables- perfect
summer fare.]
Beautiful Quinoa Salad with Grilled Veggies.
But first a note---
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Real Japanese Cooking is coming
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Real Japanese Cooking is coming
Announcing a brand new cookbook, Real Japanese Cooking.
Filed under: site news real japanese cooking
Keep reading Real J...
Ruhlman's Pea Soup
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This is a fabulous, cold-weather soup, and easy too. Cook bacon, carrot and
onion, add peas and water and simmer for 45 minutes. That's basically it.
The...
Sous Vide Lobster Tails
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[image: Sous Vide Lobster Tails]
I love lobster and although it’s pricey, it’s worth the splurge when
entertaining or celebrating a special ocaasion. As a...
Blueberries and Cream Bread Pudding
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[image: Blueberries and Cream Bread Pudding]
Blueberries are delicious when they are in season, jammy with a deep
sweetness that you don’t always find in ...
Foolproof Chocolate Fudge
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In my new cookbook, New England Desserts, I have a recipe for old-fashioned
chocolate fudge made with pure sugar, butter, and cream (and chocolate, of
cour...
Hazelnut and Caramel Cookies
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[image: Hazelnut and Caramel Cookies] These cookies couldn’t be more
different than the way they started out. First they were the hazelnut
thumbprint cooki...
How to Use Bean and Legume Pasta
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Much as I love pasta, I’m not sure it loves me. Last year my carb-heavy
comfort food diet led to some weight gain so I looked into low carb pasta
as an a...
Time to Brag {Recipe: Mom’s Best Angel Food Cake}
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Mom’s Best Angel Food Cake recipe is what my mom has used for birthday
cakes through the years. Nothing beats this light and fluffy angel food
cake! This...
Yogurt Cake Recipe
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Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook!
Gâteau au yaourt Maxence is a big advocate of the adage “if it ain’t broke
don’t fix it”. In othe...
This Saturday’s Recipes by The Pioneer Woman
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This Saturday is a brand new episode of “Home Sweet Home” on Food Network.
My kids are helping me shoot it, my production company in the UK is editing
it t...
How to Fry an Egg
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Here's how to fry an egg perfectly. No more chewy or overcooked whites!
The post How to Fry an Egg appeared first on Sophisticated Gourmet.
Leftovers à la française
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In the family, we rapidly nicknamed my mother “la reine des restes” (the
queen of leftovers) because she’d make a point of keeping every scrap of
food, kee...
Classic Deviled Eggs
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This easy classic deviled eggs recipe uses real mayonnaise and one special
secret ingredient sprinkled on top will make these disappear as fast as you
can ...
For the Man Who Has Everything
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For the man who has everything, it’s nearly impossible to think of the
perfect birthday gift. I’ve been getting birthday gifts for one of my
oldest friends...
Top Tastes of 2018
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A recap of some of my favorite tastes and experiments in 2018. Check out my
last taste recaps in 2016 and 2014. Top Mind-blowing and changing taste:
Vegan ...
morning beauty routine – olga massov
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Unlike with clothes, if I had unlimited funds, which I don’t (thanks, cost
of childcare!), I’d be spending all of my pennies on skincare and beauty
product...
Personals history
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I moved to San Francisco in 1991. At the time, I was freelancing in
theater, doing sets and props. The work was sparse, and the pay was
abysmal, but San Fr...
Friday Farm Photos: Have a Long Eared Weekend.
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Any plans this weekend? We watched *this great movie* last night (which we
somehow didn't realize was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood until
after ...
Keeping up
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For readers who would like to keep up with my second act as I build my
volunteering life, I'll be posting updates about my progress on my blog
Lydia Likes ...
Smoked Oysters
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Delicately smoked oysters are a fantastic appetizer or snack, and are great
on pasta.
The post Smoked Oysters appeared first on Hunter Angler Gardener C...
Talking Trash: Blackberry and Buckwheat Scones
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Scones are sort of a brunch band-aid for when you and someone in your group
has been involved in a shadowy game of throwing shade. A peace offering, o...
Creating a Healthy Food LIFESTYLE
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What’s holding you back from turning your healthy food choices into a
total health lifestyle? I have some ideas for you here…
White Nectarine and Purple Basil Mini Cakes
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[image: White Nectarine and Purple Basil Mini Cakes]
We grow and encourage many flowers within our vegetable patch to attract
the bees and beneficial insec...
October 23
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Last night I got to spend some time with my friend Sam. We hadn't hung out,
just the two of us, for a while - maybe not since June was born, if I
really th...
bloody valentine aka blood orange negroni
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You guys, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner… like tomorrow. Aaron
and I have gotten to the point where we no longer even try to get
reservations s...
Last Chance Kale
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When Josie was a baby, she ate a lot of kale. Most of the time she ate it
with cheese-y grits. Perfect food for feeding a 9 month old: soft, green,
delicio...
Cooking for crowds
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My cookbook collection grows. When we moved into this flat four years ago,
I brought with me a desert island stash. The bare minimum of books I needed
fo...
Rutabaga, Celery, Dill, & Smoked Chicken Soup
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Spring may be on its way, but it’s not here yet. It was snowing in Brooklyn
today! Plenty of time left to hunker down with winter vegetable based soups
whi...
Onsen Tamago, or poaching eggs in their shells
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Recently, a TV reporter visited my restaurant Ganso and asked a typical
reporter question: How many distinct ingredients do we use to make a bowl
of ramen?
Chestnut, too many garnishes to list
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Sometimes, I think there is no more beautiful color in the world than that
of a chestnut. A few years ago on Christmas Eve, my friends and I roasted
chestn...
Baby Eggplants: The Cute Factor
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The other day at Sprouts, a local grocery store, a woman saw me selecting
baby eggplant.
She asked, "Do you like those?"
"Oh, I adore them," I said. "T...
In My Kitchen - June 2012
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Fig Jam and Lime Cordial is a blog I recently discovered. I'm joining in
Celia's In My Kitchen meme this month. In My Kitchen ........is a cow. I'm
not a b...
Walking on Western Ave.
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I'm happiest when I am organizing random projects. In the past few years,
it was "Book Club," a group of friends who traveled from Bay Area bar to
Bay Area...
Stalking the sweetly sour
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Rhubarb when raw is so tough And its leaves contain poisonous stuff, – But
when cleaned and de-soiled – Dipped in sugar and boiled Then the stalks are
quit...
Gallery: Favorite Jazz Fest Eats
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[image: Cochon de Lait Po'boy. The Best Po'Boy at the Fest. Get one early
or you'll be sorry! (at Food Area 1)] Cochon de Lait Po’boy. The Best
Po’Boy a...
토토사이트 베팅 가이드: 안전하고 스마트한 배팅 전략
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토토사이트 베팅은 단순한 즐거움을 넘어 전략과 분석이 중요한 활동입니다. 최근 스포츠와 게임 관련 온라인 배팅이 인기를 끌면서, 많은
이용자들이 신뢰할 수 있는 토토사이트에서 효율적으로 베팅하는 방법에 대해 관심을 가지고 있습니다. 이 글에서는 토토사이트 베팅의 기본
개념부...
The Table is Set | Monthly Mingle - Reloaded 2026
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[image: DubaiWorkshop2016-0281]
"A Virtual Potluck" - back in April 2006, I embarked on a journey to host a
monthly virtual potluck on my blog. We might h...
Comfort Food: Daddy’s Vegetable Beef Soup*
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Soup is a dish common in nearly all culinary cultures, but, as I’ve said
many times, in my childhood home in Pullman, Campbell’s took pride of
place. The o...
Is Sourdough Bread Gluten Free?
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No, sourdough bread is not gluten-free. Sourdough bread is made from wheat
flour, which includes gluten. Gluten is a protein […]
Nose Dive: Updated index & paperback
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For readers of the 2020 hardcover editions of Nose Dive, I offer a new
version of the index, completely revamped for the 2022 Penguin Books
paperback and ...
Super Easy, Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
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Easy to make, unusually moist chocolate cupcakes and no mixer required! No
eggs either, the recipe uses a combo of baking soda and vinegar for
leavening. ...
General Tso's Cauliflower and Tofu
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[image: General Tso's Cauliflower and Tofu | Appetite for China]
Last summer I started teaching a Vegan Chinese Cooking class at Brooklyn
Brainery.
Ever...
white bean salad with olives, scallions, and herbs
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It has been freezing out here in Minnesota - the kind of frigid that makes
you cough when you go outside for a walk, take a breath, then run for the
war...
Supper for Persons of Moderate Fortune, 1796.
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Modern recipe writers generally note how many persons a dish will serve,
and they occasionally suggest accompanying dishes or even complete menus.
They d...
Big News - Mental Masala Is Moving!
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The eastern span of the Bay Bridge Mental Masala is moving!
The new home for my 11+ years of blogging is Slices of Blue Sky. Today
marks the first 'offi...
Omelette à la Gendarme - Military Omelette
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Make a little ragout of stewed sorrel, with a little grated Parmesan
cheese, and mixed with bread crumbs; make two omelettes as the first, put
this ragout...
Fighting with my website host
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This is going to be a temporary post, but as it stands I can’t seem to
connect to my website at all unless I’m using VPN or my cell phone. Once my
hosting ...
What I’m doing in my 9 to 5 is Project 529
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Well folks, it’s been so long since I’ve posted here that: A. My not-so-new
laptop didn’t have my blog editor installed. B. It took quite a few times
for m...
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