Smoked salmon and goat cheese better be dating because they work so well together. The creamy tartness of the goat cheese is a great compliment to the smoky, salty-ness of the salmon. I first tried this sandwich at the wonderful Cowgirl Creamery cheese shop in DC. They make two random types of sandwiches a day, […]
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It was a Dark and Stormy night…and I woke up hungover. Dark and Stormies are a great drink for when it is hot and sweaty out and if you want to feel a little better than other people by ordering a drink that originated in Bermuda, a place that you have never been to. They […]
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When you cook a 4 lb chicken for two people, you are bound to have a few left overs. Don’t sweat it though! Take those left overs, pick-out the bones and skin and then roughly chop up and the big pieces of chicken. Toss the chicken in a skillet and slightly brown it. Now cut […]
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Fava beans are a pain in the ass. Fresh favas are over-priced and not worth the trouble. I only got them because I thought they would make me cool. There, I said it. Wait, aren’t they trendy? How could trendy things be over-rated? Well because after you spend $2.50 for a pound of fresh beans […]
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You say it is too hot out to turn your oven to 500 degrees and roast a chicken for an hour…I say “Chicken under a brick!” You say you want moist breast meat and crispy skin…I say “Chicken under a brick!” You say you want a lot of flavor without a lot of hassle…”Chicken under […]
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A good loaf of white bread is hard to find. Supermarket loaves are too airy, gummy and artificial. Artisan bakeries snub their nose at the basic white bread. Really, the only way to get a good loaf is to make it yourself. (The right two loaves are actually ACME High Rise Corn Bread…but that is […]
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After trying the recipe for Soft-Boiled Eggs with a Miso Lemon dressing, I realized two things: Soft boiling eggs is a pain. They are tough to peel! The dressing is amazing. Reacting to these two realities, I came up with this dish. Instead of soft-boiling the eggs, I poached them. We got these great egg […]
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Broiled chicken is the most spectacularly delicious dish. Dried out, boneless, skinless chicken breast has given chicken a bad. These days the standard chicken dish has no chicken flavor, it is usually boring white meat with other flavors added. Broiled or roasted chicken, however, is full of chicken flavor and soul. Roasting chicken pieces on […]
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Chive blossoms can do more than pretty up your place, they can also pretty up your plate. The flowers on chive plants are edible and we found a bunch of them for sale a few weeks ago at our farmers’ market. I used most of the chives, but kept the ones with blossoms in a […]
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This recipe is basically a “do-it-yourself†version of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls. Remember those? My mom would make them all the time when I was younger…they are sooo good! But they probably have a million calories in them, and now everyone has to watch what they eat. These sticky buns have bananas in them…so they are […]
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