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Summer Squash Couscous with Sultanas, Pistachios, and Mint

August 10, 2010

My newest hero? The Internet Cooking Princess. Have you seen her blog? I hope you’ll clicking over there and check it out. The retro look is lovely, the recipes are top-notch, and her voice is funny and fresh. Also: she made up this couscous salad recipe, and it has become my food of summer. I [...]

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Sesame-Crusted Tuna on Arugula Salad

July 29, 2010

Much as I love to serve fish for dinner, I return to my weeks-old whining about the heat. How are we expected to endure an hour of 400-degree air in the kitchen, followed by several hours of still-not-cool temperatures, just to get a piece of protein on the table? We’re not, is the answer. We [...]

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Fattoush

July 24, 2010
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If the history of this blog is any indication, I’m a huge fan of bread salads. My love is easily explained: bread adds heft to make a salad feel like a meal, and since i’m going to dunk a hunk of baguette in my leftover dressing anyway, ripping bread right into the salad is the [...]

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Taco Night Coleslaw

July 21, 2010
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Taco night is a perennial favorite. It’s an easy meal to prepare, most components can be prepared well in advance, and if you make it for a dinner party, you’ll be feasting on leftovers for days. When I say “taco night,” of course, I’m referring to that generic category of weeknight suppers, including but not [...]

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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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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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Singapore Slaw

May 17, 2010
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A couple weeks ago, a bunch of us went to a newish restaurant in town. Within days of the restaurant’s grand opening, word of its 19-ingredient Singapore Slaw had spread like wildfire. If there was a gold medal for slaw affection, I’d have it. So naturally, I needed to go check it out. I’d pretty [...]

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Spring Salads

May 3, 2010
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Back in March, when I posted the fourth or fifth consecutive recipe calling for raw fennel, I started to get guilt pangs. Readers, you must have thought I’d gone mad with all that fennel! Truth be told, I’d only recently come to love the vegetable, and once I discovered how delicious it was, the wheels [...]

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