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Mardi Gras King Cake
Yes, I realize that not only is it way past Mardi Gras, we've already passed Easter as well.Never you mind!The fantastic thing about annual holidays is that they'll always come round again! So, just...
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Prickly Pear, Feta, and Watercress Salad
This salad is a bit of a stranger in a strange land. Wandering through my local Loblaws (hey, I moved to Canada!), I discovered something I had not imagined I'd ever seen in the Great White...
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Pretzel Cookies
Because who doesn't like pretzels? This is an emended recipe from an emended recipe. The original dates from an old "Cooks Illustrated" which explains the crazy hard-boiled egg yolk addition....
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Dark Chocolate, Walnut, and Smoked Sea Salt Cookies
Nothing says an interminable winter like making cookies. Here we are, almost halfway through March, and there's still about 4 feet of snow outside my window. Thanks again, polar vortex. But it does...
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Beef Wellington (aka Fillet of Beef in a Pastry Crust)
Mmmm. Pastry. Mmmmm meat in pastry. There are about a thousand variations on it, but almost all of them (let's be honest, all of them) are absolutely delicious. And don't the British know it. This...
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Bearnaise Sauce
One of the classic French sauces, perfect for beef en croute. It's a bit finicky, but don't let the sauce see your fear. With just a little bit of attention, it'll come together just fine.Ingredients2...
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Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Hold on to your butts, we're gonna make a Cook's Illustrated recipe. So, I'm gonna need you to block off, oh, the next 6-7 hours for this.Seriously.Don't get me wrong, it's delicious. But you're going...
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Ultimate Cinnamon Buns
IngredientsDough3/4 cup warm whole milk (110 degrees)2 1/4 teaspoons instant/rapid-rise yeast (one packet)3 large eggs, room temperature4 1/4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup cornstarch1/2 cup...
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IngredientsBroth1 onion, chopped1 fennel bulb, stalks discarded, bulb halved, cored, and chopped4 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed1/2 ounces dried porcini mushrooms, rinsed8 ounces ground pork1 bay...
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Flaky Biscuits
Who doesn't love a good biscuit?There are probably 8 million recipes for biscuits out there; many of them passed down lovingly from generation to generation. They are a perfect example of a "simple"...
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Soft Pretzels with Beer Sauce
I have an unabashed love of soft pretzels. They are the best and most wonderful of comfort foods. Salty, bready, and warm from the oven. But too often any access we have to soft pretzels comes from...
View ArticleShrimp & Grits with Roasted Tomato, Fennel, and Sausage
I could probably eat shrimp and grits every day of my life. Really. They are the best of all possible worlds: grits/polenta, sausage, and shrimp. Delicious. I’ve been looking for a great recipe for...
View ArticleAngel Buttermilk Biscuits
It’s been a long hard road to get to good biscuits. Many (and I do mean many) recipes have been tried and there have been many (and I do mean many) disappointments. But thankfully Slate.com’s...
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Brown Rice and Gai Lan Jook (Rice Porridge) Recipe
It seems that all cultures in the world feature some kind of porridge. Whether its oatmeal, risotto, congee- everyone seems to agree that a warmed, slightly thick starch is a cure for what ails you....
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Refrigerator Dill Pickles
I love me a good pickle. Coming from a land devoid of seasons (Phoenix, AZ), the idea of the annual activity of canning, jarring, and preserving the year's harvest was entirely foreign to me. The first...
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Easy (but delicious) Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Now, I’m a firm believer in the joy of pancakes. There are few weekend-related pleasures like making hot, fluffy, buttermilk pancakes on a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning. But the breakfast food world...
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Velvet Spice Cake with Brown Butter Icing
I blame The Great British Bake Off. A few months ago, we took an impromptu road trip from Toronto to New Haven to visit friends. While New Haven was lovely (featuring a sighting of the famous Handsome...
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Bailey's Flourless Chocolate Cake (with Bailey's Sauce!)
I'm not sure how anyone could read the title of this post and not have their mouths watering immediately. Bailey's by itself is delicious.Bailey's with chocolate is even more delicious.Bailey's put...
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Red & White Chard with Tahini Sauce
Ah, swiss chard. One of those lovely "not quite spinach" leafy greens. Although it was a latecomer to our house when I was growing up, once we started replacing spinach with it in our recipes, we've...
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Spicy Asparagus with Walnuts
Everywhere you look right now, you find asparagus recipes. I suppose, for those in more "temperate" climates- say, most of the U.S. or even England, it's asparagus season, the signal to mid-spring....
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Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Even though we're technically making the move out of "soup season", it's hard for me to turn down a good soup, whatever the time of year. Although most cauliflower soups make a puree out of the lovely...
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Flatbread with Rosemary, Black Pepper, & Gruyere
We've been in a yeasty revolution at our house recently. Although I used to resist anything yeast-based with the rationale that it took too long and was just too "fiddly", now everything and anything...
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Steak and Ale Pie
The hubbie and I celebrated our one-year anniversary this weekend (hence the intricate dough work in the above picture) and we decided that only the most British of dishes would help to ring in 365...
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Rye Sourdough Pretzels with Salt & Gruyere
There have been quite a few pretzel recipes on this blog. I don't apologize in the slightest for this. Because the pretzel is a versatile thing- susceptible to endless variations. I will absolutely...
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Sourdough Starter Pancakes
There are about a thousand recipes for pancakes on the internet and with about a thousand different ingredients to add to the batter (chocolate, kale, spelt...). Somehow though, it never occurred to me...
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