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Meatless Monday: Making The Richest Paneer Ever

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So, I can be lazy. That’s the only excuse I can possibly have for not making my own paneer regularly. Paneer, for those who don’t know, is the only native cheese of India, and is made by heating milk to a boil and then adding[...]

The First Harvest

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It’s true. I should probably have let these little “Plum Purple” radishes grow a bit bigger before pulling them, but these marble-sized babies were so cute, I just had to bring them home from the garden plot. Kat ate one[...]

Roasted Beets With Basil Honey Lemon Vinaigrette

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After yesterday’s “meat orgy” post, I thought I should talk about vegetables today. You know, just to balance things out a bit. Besides, these beets were one of the vegetable side dishes we had with those decadent[...]

Zak Cooks Dinner: Bistecca alla Fiorentina

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Warning! If you are a vegetarian, please don’t read this post. It involves the cooking of and devouring of amazingly delicious red meat. There is fire, smoke and meat juice involved. I doubt you’d much appreciate it. (But,[...]

The Locavore?s Bookshelf: Public Produce

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As a landscape architect and city planner, Darrin Nordahl is in a unique position in regards to understanding and articulating the feasibility of urban agriculture in modern US cities. Unlike many authors, such as Micheal Pollan, Nordahl has[...]

Meatless Monday: Indian-Spiced Twice Baked Potatoes

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I thought of this dish the last time we had baked potatoes with dinner, which was oh, just last week. I thought of it, because while I love twice baked potatoes, I hardly ever make them. Why is that? No good reason, really. I guess that[...]

Honey-Ginger Pork and Baby Bok Choy

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I’ve been enamored of developing simpler stir fry recipes that are based upon the principles of Cantonese cuisine: ingredients combined to create a flavor/color/texture contrast with minimal use of condiments so as to allow the natural[...]

When the Weather Outside is Frightful?

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…and your headache’s far from delightful, and your throat is sore, you know, blow your nose, blow your nose, blow your nose…. Yeah, I made that up just now. I have a gift for making up alternate lyrics to popular tunes on the[...]

Baby Gai Lan With Chicken and Chilies

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They say all babies are cute. And it’s mostly true. But some babies aren’t just cute; they’re tasty. Baby greens, for example, are tasty. Baby gai lan goes beyond tasty into a realm I like to call, “Well,[...]

Meatless Monday: Channa Bhatura

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I know that I’ve already posted one recipe for bhatura , and a recipe for channa masala , but these are completely different versions which everyone in the family has decided we prefer. The bhatura recipe is more authentic than the[...]