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Bursting Hot Tomatoes with Cheesy Breadcrumbs

February 1, 2010
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There’s a little game I play as fall wanes into winter. It’s about tomatoes. In summer, when tomatoes are at their peak, I want nothing but to eat them — lots of them, all the time — in preparations as simple as can be. Don’t make me pasta with tomato sauce when [...]

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Brussels Sprouts with Sriracha, Honey, and Lime

December 21, 2009

When the New Yorker lands in my mailbox each Tuesday, the first thing I read is the weekly restaurant write-up, Tables for Two. It’s short and sweet, and usually contains a brief description of one or two stand-out dishes. Every once in a while, I hear one of the descriptions and think, that [...]

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Brussels Sprouts with “Bacon” and Pears

December 6, 2009

Yet another installment of my Weekday Lunch series, where I share recipes suited for home or the office.
Last Wednesday night, a colleague of mine had a pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving party. The idea is brilliant. Since most of us spend Tday with anyone from parents and siblings to in-laws and cousins twice removed, might as well [...]

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Cauliflower with Brown Butter

December 3, 2009

Part of the fun of food blogging is that my kitchen rarely sees the exact same dish twice. Driven by the need for new content, I’m always in search of the next great recipe. I abide some serious duds along the way, but they’re a necessary evil in this business, and well worth [...]

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Broccoli with Capers and Olives, Two Ways

November 8, 2009

Finally, the next chapter of “Weekday Lunch,” where I offer recipes for food that fits in tupperware and warms in the office microwave.
This dish happened completely by accident. D had decided to order a pizza for dinner, and I decided to do something else, seeing as it would have been my fourth pizza meal of [...]

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Carrot-Zucchini Bread

October 1, 2009

This is the kind of recipe I live for. It reminds me of those really good bran muffins you find at local coffee shops, with the nutty, wholesome flavors and tops that crust around the edges and never are perfectly round. It’s got a more well-defined crumb than carrot kugel, but it’s not [...]

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Salmon with Herb Butter and Various Roasted Vegetables

September 13, 2009

D and I had people over Friday night. As of Thursday, I not only had done no cooking, I hadn’t even figured out my menu. Now, I’m not one to plan these things all too far in advance — but 24 hours is not much time to plan, shop, and make food for [...]

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Smoky Corn Salad

August 30, 2009

So sorry that posts have been so few and far between (and so short) lately. I’m doing my best to offer some great summer suggestions between work and work — bear with me; just two more weeks of this insanity, and I’ll be back on track.
Meanwhile, hopefully you’re taking advantage of the last of summer’s [...]

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