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Archive for November, 2009

Chestnut and Kale Soup or a cure for holiday over-eating

We touched down in Newark at 6:00 Saturday morning and were in our double-wide matchbox of an apartment in Brooklyn by 7:30. After a breakfast of turkey sandwiches we settled in for a long winter’s nap. . . . that lasted two hours. I went through the rest of the day feeling like I had [...]

Spaghetti Carbonara

This is what I cook for myself when Amir is out. It is one of the rare recipes that is designed to serve just one person and that’s exactly how it should be eaten. Sure, you could double it to share with another person, but why? This is the kind of dish that is best [...]

Pumpkin Spice Bread

There is a place at the farmers market that has the best pumpkin bread. It’s very soft and spicy and the perfect accompaniment to hot apple cider. I’ve wanted to recreate it and after I made pumpkin pancakes a few weeks ago and decided to use the leftover puree to try my old pumpkin bread [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Chicken Feet (are creepy)

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squash and pepper pilaf with cannellini beans, spinach and sun-dried tomatoes

Yesterday morning we were leafing through the last issue of Gourmet (sigh) wondering what to make for dinner when these beautiful dishes jumped out at us. Healthy, quick, and tasty, it’s the perfect dinner to make at the end of a long day (and after the tedium of my Bilingual Exceptional Child class.) Bookmark on [...]

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