Sassy Radish :

cacio e pepe

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Hello, summer! Finally, you've made your arrival to New York - and boy oh boy, did you let us have it. I mean, could you be any hotter? Scratch that, I'm not about to challenge you - you're already making my air conditioning work overtime. But[...]

sweet cherry pie

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Move over, apple pie, you've got serious competition as far as I'm concerned. I know I once pledged my undying love for you, but that was before cherry pie and I had made acquaintance. I really didn't expect it to be this good, but I[...]

pasta with goat cheese, zucchini and summer squash

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I've been a little zucchini obsessed lately. I can't stop buying them and they disappear as soon as they make it in the kitchen. I've sautéed them, I've gone back to my favorite feta and dill stuffed ones, and I've come across this[...]

watermelon, feta and arugula salad

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It took two months of summer for it to finally get humid to the point where thinking about turning on a burner on my stove makes me break out in sweat and such moments are truly rare. To add insult to injury, work has been unseasonably[...]

black pepper ice cream

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I remember the first time I had vanilla ice cream infused with peppercorns. I was in France for the first time, backpacking for nearly four weeks as a prelude to moving to New York to start work for a big investment bank. My friend and[...]

lemon cheesecake squares with fresh berries

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I cannot believe how long it's taken me to tell you about these cheesecake squares. I mean, please don't be mad, but it's been almost two months. While I thought that this summer will be a leisurely season for me to cook and lounge, I[...]

lemony potato salad

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The other day I got an email from a clothing store telling me about their "all new fall collection" and I suddenly became very agitated. Fall collection? But we've only just begun with summer. It wasn't until a friend pointed out to me that[...]

thai beef salad

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Over here at Sassy Radish kitchen we're in packing mode, finishing food we have and making do with what the pantry offers. Save the occasion dash for an herb or vegetable, cooking here for the next few weeks has to be about not wasting (and[...]

honey bourbon caramel peach pie

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Make. This. Pie. Now. Honestly, I don't know much else to say about it except just tell you to drop whatever you are doing and just make it this weekend. For the 4th of July weekend. You know, an American pie for an American holiday. I[...]

pasta with stinging nettles and ramps pesto

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It should by now not strike me as unusual that things we barely paid attention to in Russia are considered a delicacy in America. Sorrel leaves were the cheapest greens at the market. Chanterelles were considered pedestrian, no matter how[...]