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Grilled Scallions, or My Own Private Calçotada
________ I was in Rioja, visiting a bunch of wineries for a story. It was a completely bonkers schedule, with up to 6 wineries a day. Even with spitting, we ended each day with our palates blown and...
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Fried Scallion Roots
scallions before I do realize that it’s becoming a little all scallions, all the time here. But tis the season. And I promise this is it for a while. Well, a few days at least. And this is delicious....
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Radish Green Pesto
______________________ So as promised, I’ve moved on from scallions to a new vegetable. At least writing wise. It’s new radish season. Which as you may already know, thrills me to very nearly no end....
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Strawberry Mint Ricotta Deliciousness
_____________________________ There are few weekends that I enjoy more in New York City than Summer weekends, especially holiday weekends. The minute Memorial Day hits, people start fleeing to the...
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Roasted Asparagus Frittata
_______________________ I thought that I was being so clever. We are in the midst of an early in the season heatwave. The streets are soupy. The kitchen has been steamy. Meals have been mostly salads —...
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Heirloom Tomato Toasts
_______________ So the plan was waffles for breakfast Sunday. All week, that had been the plan. But when I rolled over, completely hungered since I had just snacked my way through Saturday night,...
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Obsessed: Delfino Cilantro
__________________________ I’ve always loved cilantro, but it had a very specific place in my kitchen. And that place that leaned Mexican. Guacamoles, salsas, quesadillas. The odd Huevos Rancheros. But...
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DIY Crème Fraîche
_____________ When I was nineteen or twenty years old, I picked myself up and moved to France. Just for a little while. No matter how much deep down in my soul I knew I was meant to be a Parisian, I...
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Buttermilk Herb Dip
______________ So what else was I to do with both crème fraîche and leftover buttermilk in the house, but make this lovely tart, tangy herbal dip. Also, I needed a way to justify the completely crazy...
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Hangover Eggs
______________________ In my own defense, I have to say that when the phrase “Wouldn’t a pickleback be perfect right now?” was uttered last Friday night, I answered quite firmly “No, that definitely...
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The Trouble With Carrots
_______________ At this stage even I have to admit, the carrots are getting to be a problem. Each week, several times a week, at the greenmarket I have been buying bunches. Multiple bunches. They are...
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Quick Pickled Cherries
___________________ Sweet and savory, salty and nutty, ridiculously delicious and fairly super healthy to boot, I hadn’t really thought that I could improve on my carrot-cherry-farro salad from the...
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Corn On The Cob For Breakfast
_____________________ At a certain point at the Greenmarket yesterday, I realized that I was shopping much like I imagine a toddler or a puppy would shop, if toddlers and puppies had locavore leanings...
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DIY Pumpkin Butter And The Season Of Toast
__________________ I’m all about seasonal eating. But for me, seasonal foods are about more than just the rhythms of agricultural growing seasons. Some foods just feel more right at some times of the...
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Blue Cheese Eggs
—— Everyone around me seems to be completely freaking out about how there are fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. I am still under the total and complete delusion that I...
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Ending The Month Of Onion Dip: Crispy Roasted Chickpeas
___________________ So January sort of flew by in a blur of snow and cold. So very much snow. Except for the days when it was too cold to snow. The polar vortex has meant lots of days spent indoors....
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Whey Cool: DIY Ricotta
__________________ Once upon a time I was a vegan. I had already been a vegetarian for a few years — yes, we will discuss the fact that butchery learning, meat eating, FOIE GIRL was a vegetarian at a...
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Optimistically Spring Egg Salad
____________________ It hasn’t snowed in just over a week here. Which is so very exciting. I normally dig winter, I’d rather be cold than hot, am utterly enchanted by snow. My perfect outfit nearly...
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Winter Purple Potato Salad
About 7 minutes after I posted my Optimistically Spring Egg Salad on Monday, it began to snow. Sigh. Another bitter cold week, another trek through the winter Greenmarket. I don’t mean to sound like a...
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Not In Istanbul Miso Scallion Red Quinoa Salad
____________ So there I was, sitting at my desk, pretending to tackle all of my outstandings, when the email came. The one that asked if I could take an assignment in Istanbul. In 4 days time. My...
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