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  • Recipe Poppyseed Angel Food Cake with Grapefruit Curd
    Poppyseed Angel Food Cake with Grapefruit Curd
    I thought of naming this post something along the lines of "The Successful Separating of 12 Eggs" but decided the name of the recipe was far more descriptive of what this post is actually about.  My birthday was last Thursday, but I put off[...]
  • Recipe Veal Stew
    Veal Stew
    Sometimes, grocery shopping in New York can be a real chore.  At first, I hated it.  Sacrilege, I know, but before you throw something, hear my out.  In New York, before you get a feel for what's out there, one-stop shopping can be[...]
  • Recipe String Bean Salad
    String Bean Salad
    I read a lot of blogs, all kinds really, but one unifying theme is that most are written by women. I love women's voices, love that the internet is allowing so many more of them some space, and I love that many of us now have easy access to[...]
  • Recipe Mixed Tomato Salad
    Mixed Tomato Salad
    This month, I've asked Esi from one of my very favorite blogs, Dishing up Delights , to guest post. Of the many blogs I read, I think Esi's cooking style is probably the closest to my own, so if you like this blog, you'll love hers. I[...]
  • Recipe Spinach Bouillabaisse
    Spinach Bouillabaisse
    Sometimes space can liquify.  Sometimes, there is almost no distinction between objects and the space they inhabit, or the space that inhabits them, and sometimes space is palpable.  The space that's instantly charged when it's bookended by two[...]
  • Recipe Spinach Bouillabaisse
    Spinach Bouillabaisse
    Sometimes space can liquify.  Sometimes, there is almost no distinction between objects and the space they inhabit, or the space that inhabits them, and sometimes space is palpable.  The space that's instantly charged when it's bookended by two[...]
  • Recipe Avocado-Grapefruit Cream
    Avocado-Grapefruit Cream
    In the US, the idea of avocado as a sweet is something outside the realm of most of our experience. But in Brazil, c reme de abacate is quite popular, whipped folds of bright green avocado spiked with a myriad of flavors. You might resist at[...]
  • Recipe Moroccan Grated Carrot Salad
    Moroccan Grated Carrot Salad
    If there's one thing that's endlessly fascinating about Indian and Southeast Asian cooking, it's those fragrant waters such as rose, orange blossom, and the much less well-known (in North American, that is) Kewra or Kevda water. Kewra water is a[...]
  • Recipe Greens with Ham, Orange and Mint
    Greens with Ham, Orange and Mint
    Lately I've been obsessed with greens.  Something that's not hard to be, when the farmers market is bursting with them.  I've found that once I start eating them, I start to crave them.  They can be a hard sell, however, for people not as fond of[...]
  • Recipe Terrine of Greens, Bacon and Polenta
    Terrine of Greens, Bacon and Polenta
    "In the garden of Eden, there were no weeds.  The dent-de-lion , or dandelion, lay peaceably with lamb's quarters and lettuce, sourgrass with mustard and escarole.  All leaves were young, tender, tame and edible in the green and salad days of our[...]