Leftover Grub :

Review of Cooking Light

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The staff at Cooking Light (or their summer intern) asked us to review the redesign of their magazine. We're not a real target audience for the publication?but we know a lot of people who are big fans, and more who should be. We'll start with[...]

Carrot Soup with Herbs de Provence (leftover carrots)

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It never ceases to surprise us how you can make great food by using a small amount of the least interesting ingredients. Though this couldn't sound more boring, the texture and flavor of this soup?a version of which can be found in a thousand[...]

Sliced Apples and Satay Sauce

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A handy little appetizer that makes the most of fall apples and pantry items. One apple, cored, halved and then sliced into "chips" 1½ tbsp peanut butter Soy sauce Lemon juice Sugar Water Sriracha sauce (optional) 1. Add the peanut butter to[...]

Roast Butternut Squash and Chipotle Soup

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Fall is here and winter squash has appeared in the farm markets. Our favorite is a big rural stand that works on the honor system. You select, bag, and weigh your own produce, calculate your total using a pad and golf pencil, and then place your[...]

Tortilla de Papas (leftover baked potatoes)

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Our sister decided to have an extremely quiet wedding this weekend?and invited us to be witnesses. We were surprised when she also requested one of our simplest leftover dishes for the after-ceremony brunch: a humble tortilla de papas (potato[...]

Teriyaki Chicken Wraps with Miso Dressing

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When it comes to food, the three most important things are decidedly not location, location, location. Our favorite local Japanese restaurant sits in a depressing strip mall between a Latin-fusion dive (rapidly going out of business) and a More[...]

Pasta with Celery Sauce

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Throughout pregnancy, she had only two cravings. One was celery. The other was French fries topped with canned gravy and American cheese. No comment. Back to the celery. It's really out of favor among the food elite. A few years ago, an article[...]

Summer Bread and Grilled Chicken Breast

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Every summer, we abandon our oven and seek out a flatbread?usually something that can be made in a frying pan or on a grill. This year we've settled on an odd one. PJ Hamel, the always amusing baker at King Arthur, apparently fell in love with[...]

Stuffed Clams

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Our summer cottage lies on the coast near a rich store of shellfish, which can be extracted relatively easily. The problem is that the sea floor is mucky, and while the mussels are always good, the clams often end up dirty. To defeat this, we[...]

Meatballs and Quick Sauce (Leftovers from 4th of July cookout)

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As new parents, we took the 4th of July easy. We had family over and fed them hamburgers, hotdogs, cole slaw, and beans. Of course, they (the family, not the hotdogs) were very relieved when we announced this unexciting menu over the phone.[...]