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More Asparagus for Dinner

May 6, 2013

It’s me again. Just wanted to tell you that I am still love-loving asparagus season (and still freezing my butt off…DC, get warm already!). To prove my undying love for the green spears, I’ve shared a few more thoughts about asparagus for dinner (okay, and breakfast and lunch, too) over at Food52. Cold soup, hot [...]

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Asparagus and Tarragon Tart

May 3, 2013

Guys, it’s my favorite time of year. Nevermind that May has decided to be about as cold as November and my sad spring dresses are still hanging in the back of the closet: asparagus have arrived! I’ve already downed 4 bunches myself; there’s no stopping me now. You didn’t know I loved asparagus? Can’t be. [...]

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Vanilla Bean Rooibos Tea Cookies and a Giveaway

April 25, 2013

Our kitchen’s been busy as ever, with spring finally here. The fridge is full of green (and even some red: rhubarb is back!) and I can’t control the urge to cook a million things all at once. It’s a special kind of attention deficit, and fortunately, its only notable side effects are too many pots [...]

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Crispy Eggplant Ruben

April 22, 2013

Over the years, my mother has taught me that rarely is restaurant food out of reach for the home cook. Once, she and I went to a Thai restaurant in Tenleytown; while I proceeded to heap spoonfuls of fish curry into my mouth, she speared a small piece of eggplant, took a bite, then another, [...]

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Beef Empanadas

April 17, 2013

It seems the Sequester has had dilatory effects not only on the budget here in DC, but on the weather as well. We’ve waited far too long for spring, and last Sunday, I started to get impatient. There are only so many months for grilling, and I count April as one of them. So, on [...]

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Aromatic Burmese Fish Stew

April 12, 2013

As promised, here’s the companion dish to the Burmese black eyed peas I made last week. Can we have an honest moment about fish stew? It’s usually a pain in the butt. Many recipes call for fish stock; they require you to brown the fish before stewing it, which makes a mess and smells up [...]

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Burmese Black-Eyed Peas

April 8, 2013

On our trip to Thailand, we spent some time biking up north between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. For two days of our bike trip, we rode along the Thai-Burmese border. It’s amazing how you can see into one country from the other – they essentially share a big plot of land – and yet, [...]

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Masala Dosas

March 29, 2013

When I was a kid, my favorite restaurant was a spot called Siddhartha, in downtown Silver Spring. Siddhartha was unfussy, inexpensive, and – at least when we started going – patronized almost exclusively by Indians. In retrospect, I suppose it’s a parent’s dream: kid loves cheap, relatively health Indian food more than pizza, chicken nuggets, [...]