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Shells with Red Pepper-Tomato Sauce // Also, More Pegboard 22 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm
To say that the move north — from the weeks of packing to the two-day drive to the week of unpacking — has taken a toll on the children’s diet would be an understatement. There has been too much takeo...
Goodbye Marine Corps; Moving to New York // Also, Olive Oil Toast 16 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
So, the funny thing about blogging for what now feels like a long time is that I feel I have to tell you everything. I can’t just say, “Hey, I’ve moved to Schenectady! And I have a kitchen with a teen...
Baked Steel Cut Oatmeal 9 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
Yesterday, while three movers packed away our lives into boxes, I snuck one last dish into the oven, a mixture of steel cut oats, cinnamon, maple syrup, and coarsely chopped almonds, a dish I have bee...
Baking Steel Pizza: Tomato & Mozzarella // Caramelized Onion & Burrata 1 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm
In September 2008 I returned from Slow Food Nation convinced I would, by the end of the week, build a mud oven in the alleyway next to my apartment and, as a result, have wood-fired pizzas at my dispo...
Burnt Eggplant with Za’atar Flatbread 26 Jul 2013 | 05:06 pm
Last summer I discovered eggplant caviar, a dish made from peeled eggplant roasted in a foil-covered pan, a preparation that, with minimal oil, produces the creamiest lightest flesh imaginable. Season...
Lifefactory Glass Bottle Giveaway // Watermelon Agua Fresca 23 Jul 2013 | 10:45 pm
Remember last week when I brattily exclaimed, “I want one!” after seeing my auntie Marcy’s Lifefactory glass bottle? Well, guess what? I got one. And guess what else? I have one for one of you, too, a...
Cucumber & Green Grape Gazpacho | Quinoa Salad with Mango, Lime & Ginger 18 Jul 2013 | 11:01 pm
I arrived at the Albany airport to find my auntie Marcy waiting at baggage claim ready to snatch Wren from my arms and to feed me, as always, immediately. She led me to her car, and before I could eve...
Canal House Chocolate Chip Cookies 10 Jul 2013 | 06:05 pm
A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me she had checked out Canal House Cooks Every Day from the library and described it as the loveliest cookbook she had seen in a long time. Middle child that I am,...
Fourth of July Sparkling Cocktail 4 Jul 2013 | 03:48 pm
I have never considered myself a mixologist but for a gathering last Sunday, I found myself filling champagne flutes red Solo cups with peach-flavored liqueur, opening bottles of Cava, garnishing cock...
Peach Frangipane Tart 2 Jul 2013 | 07:20 pm
There is nothing I don’t love about a summer fruit galette: the sugared and golden crust, crisp and flaky throughout; the delicate ratio of fruit to pastry; the rustic look of dough enveloping fruit. ...
