From the monthly archives:

September 2008

Shana Tova!

September 29, 2008

To all those celebrating the Jewish New Year (and to all of you, regardless of whether or not this happens to be the start of a New Year for you)…
May this be a year of happiness,
a year in which we take time out to enjoy the small pleasures,
a year in which we do not [...]

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Cordon Rose Banana Cake

September 26, 2008

When I was a kid, my dad ate bananas a lot. He bought them when they were green, ate them when they were yellow and even when they had lots of brown spots, and when the rest of us finally managed to convince him that the last of the bunch was really way to [...]

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Sticky, Gooey Cinnamon Buns

September 24, 2008

If you’ve gone this long without making cinnamon buns (which, shockingly, I have), it’s likely not because you’re skeptical that they’ll be worth it. What other foods smell ridiculously appetizing, even when what you smell is usually a corporate chain version loaded with high fructose corn syrup and other delicacies? No doubt they [...]

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The Simplest Breakfast

September 21, 2008

Lazy Sunday morning here in localsville. Since localseasonal September started, a Sunday morning routine has developed. I wake up, make myself a cup of coffee, drink the littlest bit of it and make D mad by letting it cool to room temp, assure her that I meant to let it sit as I [...]

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Plum Ice Cream

September 16, 2008

This past December, D got me an ice cream maker for Hanukkah. “So that you’ll have a way to make us ice cream when summer rolls around.” That D’s pretty smart: ice cream makers are much cheaper in the dead of winter, but summer inevitably returned, and now tubs of ice cream line [...]

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Summer vegetable (and fish) stew

September 13, 2008

If you’re anything like me, your fridge is swimming with zucchini and corn, your counters teeming with beautiful tomatoes. Not that I’m complaining, mind you — I wouldn’t dare, with summer produce this close to done — I’m just saying, I’ve got three bumper crops and I don’t even have a garden. What’s [...]

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Not Your Ordinary Gazpacho

September 8, 2008

I rarely title my posts with anything but the name of the recipe I’m posting — but this particular recipe is fabulous, and if I told you what it was called, I might scare you. Let’s just say it’s not your ordinary gaspacho. First off, it’s white. As you might have guessed, [...]

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Portobello Burgers

September 5, 2008

Until two nights ago, I’d never made a portobello burger. Hard to believe, I know. It’s, like, the simplest thing to make. Like, ever. And yet I somehow managed to make chocolate pretzels, potato foccacia, even Buche De Noel before getting around to this dead-simple dinner. Well, we’ve remedied that, folks, [...]

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