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I'm addicted to cookbooks, food writing, recipe collecting, and cooking. I have a lot of recipes waiting for me to try them, and ideas from articles, tv, and restaurants often lead to new dishes. I started losing track of what I've done. So now I'm taking photos and writing about what I've prepared—unless it's terrible in which case I forget it ever happened.
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'garlic'
May 13
Have you seen the book My Favorite Ingredients? I saw it mentioned a few times here and there, and then when I finally had a look at a copy of it, I had to bring it home. The book is by Skye Gyngell, and she is the head chef at London’s Petersham N (read full article)
brown butter, Chiles, eggs, garlic, my favorite ingredients, sage, yogurt
Apr 29
I don’t know why I didn’t cook Greek food more often in the past. I’ve always really liked Greek food, but I felt like I didn’t know enough about it. That excuse is about to become a thing of the past. I received a review copy of Vefa's Kitch (read full article)
artichoke, garlic, leek, potato, salt cod, Soup, vefa's kitchen
Mar 25
This might sound like a curious mix of things to call a pizza, but stick with me because this was exciting. Back when I first talked about the book Stir: Mixing It Up in the Italian Tradition, I said something about how it wouldn’t be long before I (read full article)
fresh ricotta, garlic, honey, Pistachios, stir: mixing it up in the italian tradition
Mar 23
The last time I browsed the newsstand in a book store, I was hoping to find something new to me. Tucked back behind Bon Appetit and to the side of Donna Hay I found Cuisine, a publication from New Zealand which I’d never read. It takes a little lon (read full article)
chickpeas, dried chiles, garlic, Greens, haloumi, Shallot, spinach
Dec 29
I’m trying to remember how I chose this oyster dish to start our Christmas Eve meal last week. There’s an entire chapter devoted to oysters in John Besh’s My New Orleans, and I wanted to make every single recipe. I believe I decided to try this (read full article)
garlic, hors d'oeuvre, my new orleans, Oysters
Oct 20
Perhaps this post should have come with a hippie food warning. Wheat berries with lots of vegetables isn’t exactly decadent, drool-worthy fare. But, considering that I spared you the millet pilaf of last weekend and the brown lentil salad on mixed (read full article)
Broccoli, Eggplant, garlic, Oregano, tomatoes, wheat berries, yellow squash