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I believe it’s safe to call my journey toward becoming a cauliflower eater complete, having toured four of my favorite foo...

This feels a little anticlimactic after the big Potato Salad Revelation . I thought the recipe (from Gourmet via Smitten K...

I love accidental discoveries. Last summer I decided to make this baked halibut with chimichurri recipe from The Kitchn , an...

This recipe, also from Budget Bytes , is the perfect side dish to accompany baked egg rolls in your DIY Chinese-takeout-the...

There are advantages and disadvantages to being so far behind on this blog. Mostly disadvantages. It bothers me all the t...

It is both tantalizing and frustrating to be hungry for something extremely specific. I’m not sure why this particular cr...

We used to have a favorite neighborhood Thai restaurant. When I first moved here, I was addicted to its fast, fresh, chea...

This was my second time cooking farro. My first attempt didn’t go so well. I don’t think the recipe itself was the problem...

I have a dim recollection of liking canned cream of mushroom soup when I was a kid, but I hadn’t thought much about it in ...

In my misguided youth (specifically, the college and immediate postcollege years), I had a brief but intense love affair w...

Even though I’m not actively trying to accumulate new pasta recipes (because I already have more than I can make in a year), every now and t...

Yes, another salad with an egg on it. Yes, another warm bacon vinaigrette. I am nothing if not predictable. Don’t dismiss this as a repeat,...

I made creamed chicken a couple of weeks ago and realized that the recipe I have in my recipe book no longer matches the one I’ve got posted...

Last fall, I attempted an improvised spinach, mushroom, and feta pizza inspired by one I saw on TV. It was good, but unbalanced because I v...

I did a pretty good job of overcoming my slight resentment of main-dish salads this past summer; thanks to recipes like this , this , and t...

We don’t eat much lasagna at Chez Bookcook; A likes the traditional meaty-cheesy variety, whereas I prefer something lighter, more vegetably...

Even though mushrooms and sausage are my favorite traditional pizza toppings, and mushroom-sausage-onion is my go-to order at Pizza Hut (I ...

Just when I start thinking it’s time to put a moratorium on acquiring new pasta recipes when I have so damn many already , I keep stumbling ...

Eventually, I’m just going to end up cribbing Eggs on Sunday ’s entire Pizza category . I can’t help myself! There’s so much variety, and al...

Oops. When I promised an end to the asparagus recipes yesterday , I had forgotten that I had this one waiting on deck. But I assure you, it’...