From the monthly archives:

June 2010

The Only Lemon Cake You’ll Ever Need.

June 29, 2010

I suppose I could call it Lemon Pound Cake as the Hamptons goddess did, but this title is more to the point. Once you make this lemon cake, it’ll become the one. The. One. (Unless you’re one of them crazy types who can’t ever make the same thing twice…but I don’t know any folks like [...]

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Arugula and Bean Salad with Cumin Dressing

June 26, 2010
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DC does not mess around with summer, and boy, this one’s a scorcher. This week, temperatures climbed into the upper 90′s — maybe even the triple digits — and the A/C at our apartment is, well, the little engine that could. We’re getting to that point in the season where it’s too hot to even [...]

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Sour Cherry Almond Torte

June 23, 2010
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Remember last week when I gushed about the beginning of sour cherry season? Well, the gushing continues. I’ve gone through 3 pounds of cherries so far, and while I know that’s not very much for folks making 12 jars of jam, the cherry pits are accumulating rapidly. Sour cherries have made their way into 5 [...]

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Cheese Puffs

June 20, 2010
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One of the first cookbooks I owned was Nigella Lawson’s Nigella Bites. I bought it at Anthropologie, back when Nigella was a Travel Channel sensation. The Food Network had already gone the way of the dodo, its cleavage-showing hostesses flashing smiles as they tasted “delicious” homemade tarts filled with the scooped-out innards of a store-bought [...]

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Two Bruschette for Spring

June 17, 2010
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While I’ve usually thought of May as the true spring-to-summer transition month, these days, June seems to be taking on that role. One day the weather’s as hot and sticky as boiling caramel, the next it’s as cold and damp as the dish towel. But the erratic weather carries with it the promise of vegetable [...]

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Jam-Filled Hand Pies

June 15, 2010
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Pies are finicky, finicky things. Taming bursting, juicy berries into a perfect pie is the ultimate challenge of summer, and getting that bottom crust to stay crispy requires nothing short of a miracle. I’ve tried everything: I paint the inside of the bottom crust with egg before adding the fruit, I’ve drained the fruit, tossed [...]

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Sour Cherry Liqueur

June 13, 2010
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It’s officially sour cherry season! I got my first quart at the market today, and I simply can’t wait to turn them into this lovely aperitif. Originally posted last July, sour cherry liqueur is back! Want to do something awesomely cool and really flippin’ easy along with me? Make sour cherry liqueur. It’s the height [...]

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Spicy Smoky Sour Cucumber Salad…and a Giveaway!

June 9, 2010
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In my kitchen, cucumbers are always the bridesmaid, never the bride. They find their way into so many of my salads, and play supporting roles in soups and even cockails (working on a sake-ginger martini…). But still, I’ve never been one to swoon over a dish composed entirely of cucs. In my mind, it’d be [...]

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