Yesterday, I made an absolutely delicious sauce.  I wanted to record it, in case I have the time to make it again ( Read more... )

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This is one of my favorite soups and I have been enjoying it thoroughly.  I wanted to share it with everyone before the seasonal vegetables were out of season!

It is based on some soups I've eaten in Vietnamese restaurants, an old Jaimie Oliver recipe, a collection of Thai online recipes, various of my own mad kitchen experiments, and some ( Read more... )

For bewsbud .  Hope this gets you at least one step closer!  I don't think the amount of wine or the shallots are standard (they're a bit old fashioned, I think).

Note: I don’t use any chicken broth for my chicken marsala.  I feel it gives an inferior flavor.  If you want more sauce, increase the marsala and the butter accordingly.

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I have, as some of you may remember, a tricksy digestive tract as well as the bad knee.  Lately, my digestive pattern goes as follows: normal food, flip out, revert to eating: potatoes (baked, plain), spaghetti plain, whole wheat toast, baked sweet potato, rice, et cetera, for a few days until things calm down.  I discovered something interesting ( Read more... )

Even Gordon Ramsay would approve ( Read more... )

I went shopping with my good friend B, and picked up a few things. I got Campo Lindo Farm eggs and Shatto milk. Some nice purple organic onions.  I had a nice fridge full of greens already: lacinato kale and curly Russian kale.  So I made a casserole I've loved for a long time, but haven't had in a while.  It's from the original  Moosewood ( Read more... )

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Wheee!  Bentos.  Mmmmm ( Read more... )

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Ideal weather for baking; not too hot, not too humid.  Cold weather is best, in my opinion, but sometimes you just need cake.

Cake:
1 box Betty Crocker yellow cake mix, super moist
Free range organic eggs
Water (filtered)
Oil (do *not* use olive)
Butter to grease the pan

Directions for cake:
Prepare cake mix according to package directions.  I ( Read more... )