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Friday, September 24, 2010

FUSILLI WITH SAUSAGE, KALE, AND CHERRY TOMATOES

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Autumn is officially here and so is my craving for kale. And sausage. And pasta. But there are still lovely summer tomatoes at the farmers’ ...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

CORN WITH FETA, CILANTRO, AND LIME

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Yeah, as I’ve mentioned , I’m totally obsessed with corn this summer, and even though I’ve been eating it in record quantities, I’m not sick...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

GOLDEN CORN SALAD WITH FRESH BASIL

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This may seem similar to a Cooking Light potatoes-and-corn-and-other-vegetables-in-Dijon-vinaigrette salad I tried earlier this summer , bu...
Friday, September 17, 2010

PLUM/PLUOT ICE CREAM

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With cooler weather upon us but the farmers’ market still full of summer fruit, I figured now would be the perfect time to make some ice cre...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

HOMEMADE HOBNOBS

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I visited England three times in the mid-to-late 1990s, and on the third trip, 13 years ago last week, I met A. I immediately introduced him...
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Friday, September 10, 2010

SUMMER SQUASH AND CORN CHOWDER

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This is a perfect end-of-summer soup, sweet and light and loaded with lots of fresh garden veggies, yet with the savory, comforting quality...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

MAGIC JUICE

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I apologize: To do full justice to the magic of magic juice, the above photograph should have been taken on a sunny porch, not in my dark ap...
Friday, September 03, 2010

CHICKEN, ZUCCHINI, AND RICOTTA SANDWICHES

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We were going on a picnic, and I had a sudden desire for sandwiches. I never really make sandwiches, except for grilled cheese and BLTs and—...
Thursday, September 02, 2010

OATMEAL PANCAKES

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How convenient: Just a few weeks ago I was saying I wanted to try oatmeal pancakes, and then the September issue of Cooking Light arrived ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

JAM COOKIES

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If you’re like me and you enjoy making jam more than you like eating it, or if you know someone like me who persists in giving you homemade ...
Friday, August 27, 2010

ORZO WITH CHICKEN, LEMON, AND DILL

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First there was vacation, then recovering from vacation. Now I’m finally ready to get to work on this recipe backlog! Conveniently, cooler w...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010

SOUTHWESTERN SALAD WITH CILANTRO-LIME VINAIGRETTE

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I’ve discussed this before , but I have a weird aversion to green salad recipes. Unless it’s really complex or has an exotic feature (lik...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKES

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I don’t know which is more surprising: the fact that I’m actually posting this in the same week I cooked it (I’ve been lagging behind for wh...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

FLANK STEAK SALAD WITH PLUMS AND BLUE CHEESE

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I get all excited whenever a shiny new Cooking Light arrives, but these days (dare I say since its dumbed-down redesign?), I only seem to f...
Monday, July 26, 2010

ARUGULA PESTO

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Here’s a handy tip for summer: if you have extra arugula (which I often do, because I like it on my BLTs, but that uses just a fraction of a...
Friday, July 23, 2010

MEDITERRANEAN PEPPER SALAD

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I’m salad-obsessed. It must be the weather. I’m also, ever since my quinoa tabbouleh and chicken gyros successes, Mediterranean-obsessed. ...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

FISH TACOS

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I wanted fish tacos. And lo, I did make them. The End. Except I’m not sure I know why I wanted fish tacos, considering I’ve eaten them m...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

COOKIES AND CREAM ICE CREAM

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Ever since Christmas, there’s been a box of Candy Cane Jo-Jo’s waiting patiently in my freezer for exactly this purpose. Cookies and cream i...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

BLUEBERRY-LIME JAM

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We’ve gone blueberry picking in Somis every June for the past three years, and each time we come home with more berries. This year we harves...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

CHICKEN GYROS

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I’m pretty picky about using recipes only from reliable sources, and so most of the ones I make are from cookbooks, magazines, or blogs I re...
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