Steven’s grandmother Faela is a woman I wish I could have met. She passed away long before Steven and I knew each other, so anything I know about her is gathered from old photographs, recipe cards
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Polpettone: Italian Stuffed Meatloaf
I daydream a lot about cooking during the week, especially when I’m on the train. Its rhythmic...
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Orange, Pomelo, Lemon and Ginger Preserves
Yesterday I inaugurated my new canning equipment -- a huge 12 quart stockpot, a canning funnel, a ma...
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Poulet Sauté Aux Herbes de Provence
I read cookbooks to relax. There is no better way for me to unwind than to read a recipe, imagine t...
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Shrimp Louis Salad with Homemade Thousand Island
I have been craving some serious American food as of late. A week ago I had the overwhelming urge ...
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Oven Baked French Onion Soup
A few weeks ago on the same France trip that introduced me to Feves au Lard Fume, Steven and I met u...
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Homemade Tempeh
When I try to explain what tempeh is to a person who isn't familiar with it, it never ends up soundi...
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Crustless Quiche with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
I had a quiche epiphany the first time I tasted the quiche from Tartine Bakery in San Francisco. Th...
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Green Garlic Soup
Besides the expected potatoes and cabbage, green garlic is one item that I have been coming across w...
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Homemade Celery Salt
Hands down, my favorite breakfast is two soft boiled eggs, a touch of butter, a piece or two of good...
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Homemade Garam Masala
The range of culinary emotions I've experienced living here in Germany for the past three months spa...
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Desperado Onion Soup
Long time no see! The recent Modern Beet silence has been due to the fact that I made an internatio...
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Homemade Gravlax
I can't believe how easy it is to make gravlax. Or let me rephrase that statement -- I can't belie...
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Rutabaga Bisque with Smoked Paprika
I was looking out my apartment window the other day when my gaze came to rest on a tree about fiftee...
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Pie Crust with Rendered Bacon Fat (aka Bacon Grease Pie Crust) (aka The Best Pie Crust Ever)
Oh. My. God. This is the best pie crust I have ever tasted! So flaky. So moist. And oh the hin...
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Creamed Swiss Chard with Bacon
These past few weeks have been particularly busy and challenging for me. I changed jobs, spent two ...
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Flammkuchen (Onion, Bacon, and Creme Fraiche Tart)
Wilkommen nach Deutschland! Ok, full-disclosure time: I haven't yet made this myself, but I watche...
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Homemade Greek Orange Sausage (Loukanika)
A while back, I got the idea in my head that I wanted to make my own sausage. Why? first and forem...
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Homemade Limoncello
I was walking back from lunch the other day with my coworker Fritz, and he (very) jokingly proclaime...
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Wild Elderberry Preserves with Honey and Almond
Perhaps you would have chuckled if you saw me leaping into the air, grabbing at bunches of elderberr...
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Oatmeal Summer Squash Muffins
The annual zucchini proliferation is upon us! Last week alone I was given six large zucchini, which...