If I had my way, I'd have many more dinners like Thursday night's feast at Minibar; that said, it's safe to assume that food that memorable won't pass my lips again for quite a long time. I know it's not my usual tune to do restaurant reviews, but Thursday night was truly revolutionary, and […]

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When it comes to bread, I'm a firm believer in the homemade variety. There's something so therapeutic about the process: in making bread, you create a dough from the humblest of ingredients. Using nothing more than your hands, you establish a complex web of gluten that gives the dough structure and texture; […]

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I know, you don't have to tell me — these look just like those whole wheat sables I posted in January. What can I say? I've fallen for nibbly sables and I can't get up.
This is all Alice Medrich's fault. I recently acquired her book, Pure Dessert, and ever since, […]

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File this under "unexpectedly delicious." When I developed the recipe for this tart, I purposefully avoided making the center quiche-like. I wanted a cheesy filling laced with caramelized leeks and onions; a quiche, eggy and milky, is a whole different thing. That said, eggs make things hold together and puff a bit in […]

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Purim has always been my favorite of the Jewish holidays; aside from dressing up in costume and sounding grogers (noisemakers), I've always loved reading the Megillah, the scroll containing the Book of Esther. For one thing, the Purim story details Queen Esther's evolution from passive niece of Mordechai to wielder of the Jews' […]

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