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The Secret to Great Banana Bread No Matter What Recipe You Use
Banana bread is one of those things like chocolate chip cookies and pot roast. Everyone thinks theirs (or their mother's or their grandmother's) is the best. I don't exactly have one banana bread recipe, I'm always trying different kinds, some[...] |
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My Great-Grandmother's Plum Cake Won First Place in MoMA's Recipe Contest
My Great-great-grandmother's German Plum Cake recipe won first place in a competition sponsored by MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art, New York). (You can see a video of the event here , complete with yours truly all dressed in chef's clothes,[...] |
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Norwegian Pancakes, or Lapper
I first ate these when I visited R for the first time in Norway, the trip during which I first met his family, saw where he lived, and realized that there are places on this earth where it can actually rain for 85 days straight. That sounds[...] |
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Komler, Norwegian Potato Dumplings
If I had to guess without actually asking him, I'd say Komler is R's favorite meal. He talks about his mother's Komler all the time, and put in a request for them the first time I traveled to Norway to meet his family. He brags that his[...] |
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Lentil Chili Burgers
So let's say you made Mollie (with an "ie") Katzen's Lentil Chili , like I did the other night. But let's also say that you live in a family of two and didn't bother cutting the recipe down. You might be thinking, what in the world should I[...] |
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Spiced Persimmon Shake
I don't care what all the shop windows are saying, or the music playing inside those shops, it's still autumn in New York and not Christmas. Autumn in New York. I love this city. Makes me want to eat pumpkin things, and put[...] |
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Manhattan Clam Chowder
So the other weekend, R and I took the train from Manhattan out to New England to visit my Nana, aunts, uncles and cousins. And on the first day, my aunt J served this Manhattan Clam Chowder...in New England. Of course, the difference[...] |
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Crème de Menthe Brownies
I have been thinking about these brownies for ten years. Ten. That's since high school. I mean, I realize my dad teases me by saying that I've never forgotten a meal (which is true) but ten years is a long time to pine after brownies. My[...] |
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My Nana's Blueberry Buckle
We all have recipes that remind us of childhood. This one reminds me of both childhood and summer. Weeks spent at my grandparents' house in Connecticut, playing in the pool, cuddling the dog, chasing the cousins around the yard. Actually,[...] |
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Balsamic Onion and Polenta Cake
So you know sometimes when you have a bunch of flavors kind of bumbling around in your head, and maybe odds and ends in the pantry you haven't looked at lately. And sometimes the two mix and create strange cravings, or at least, impulses.[...] |