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What’s for Dinner?

June 19, 2010
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Grilled Red-Wine-and-Rosemary Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Vegetables and a Roasted Fennel Salad

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The Made-It-All-For-Him Wall

June 16, 2010
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Some of you are going to balk when I say this, but….sometimes the fact that someone *loves* chocolate can be so….limiting.  Yes, limiting.  When chocolate is the be-all-and-end-all for a person….and you’ve already made them your best Flourless Chocolate Cake and your best Devil’s Food Cake and your best Midnight Chocolate….where do you go/what do […]

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By the Dishtowels of my Grandmothers….

December 6, 2009
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I vow I will never again crush a tomato by hand! I’ve seen it done countless times on those cooking shows–sometimes they squeeze the tomatoes directly into the pan, sometimes into a large glass bowl before adding them to the pot. I’d never done either, usually opting to dice on a cutting board–or even for […]

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French Crumb Cake

November 14, 2009
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Mmmmm…this is one of those things that when I get a craving for it, nothing else can take its place. I think the reason for this is that it is *Just Plain Good*. And I mean that as high praise. Just as when you call something ‘vanilla’, that doesn’t necessarily mean its boring. Don’t get […]

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Ultimate Comfort Food: Potage Parmentier

October 8, 2009
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Oh my! This should be renamed “Heaven in a Bowl”! It is so perfectly simple–leeks, potatoes, water and salt—but it becomes something so luscious once cooked and crushed all together… you wonder what kind of magic must have taken place in the pot. It’s hard to believe that such a few common ingredients can be […]

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