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Homemade Cheez-Its: Chili and Cheddar Crackers
England may be missing many things, but apart from Lucky Charms (marshmallows for breakfast! What's not to love?), Cheez-Its are perhaps my biggest US food craving. Try and find a similar cracker in...
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Olive, Bean, and Sun-Dried Tomato Dip
Everyone should have at least one dip under their belts to pull out at various times during the year. Something easy to make and suited to almost every palate. My new-found favorite happens to be one...
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Pumpkin-Pecan Pie with Whiskey Butter Sauce
Yes, you read that title correctly. Not just a pumpkin pie. Not just a pecan pie. Not just whiskey. All three. Combined.Paula Deen, eat your heart out.Now this recipe does require a bit of backstory....
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Super Bowl Sunday: Stout and Bean Chili
Most people I know have views about chili. Do you use beans? How spicy should it be? Are tomatoes forbidden? Do you serve it with pasta (don't ask, I don't understand people from Cincinnati either)? Or...
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Sweet Potato Buttermilk Cornbread
It finally happened.I used a Paula Deen recipe.Sigh.Now, up until a few weeks ago, I had nothing against the woman. Sure, she was the instigator of the famous doughnut cheeseburger, which probably...
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Five-Hour French Onion Soup
Good soups are an investment. If you want quality, if you want unctuousness, you have to be patient.Very patient.5-hours patient.Now, patience is rarely a strong point of mine. If eating alone, I don't...
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English Carrot Cake
I know what you must be thinking. English carrot cake? What on earth could be the difference between English carrot cake and American carrot cake?Well, good thing you asked.I enjoy following the...
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Soft Polenta with Braised Oxtails and Red Wine Mushroom Sauce
What exactly does one do with leftover oxtails?Now, there's a question I hadn't expecting to be asking. And yet, there I was. Fresh off the thrill of making oxtail stock for French Onion soup, with a...
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Dark Chocolate-Cherry Ganache Bars
I'm always on the lookout for new "bar" recipes. I enjoy bars more than brownies (a bold statement, I know), but usually just because bars tend to be a bit more complex than brownies. There are...
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Indian Tofu with Spinach
Ok, it may not be the prettiest thing you'll ever eat, but in my eyes this dish is the holy trinity of recipes.It's fast.It's healthy.It's phenomenally delicious.Adapted from the latest New York...
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Spicy Pureed Potato and Broccoli Soup
Ingredients2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil1 large onion, chopped2 leeks, white and light green parts only, sliced and cleaned (optional)3 garlic cloves, chopped1/2 fresh red chile, choppedSalt,...
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Stuffed Cabbage Leaves
We have an abundance of cabbage. All kinds. And there are only so many times you can make coleslaw or braise the things. Desperate to get rid of the volleyball-sized sphere on our kitchen counter, the...
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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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From the Prepared PantryMakes 1 loafIngredients2 cups grated carrots1.5 cups all purpose flour.5 teaspoon salt1.5 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon baking soda3 teaspoons cinnamon2 large eggs1 cup...
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Steamed Salmon with Zucchini braised in Coconut Milk Weirdly enough from BuzzfeedServes 2 Ingredients1 tablespoon canola oil1 medium yellow onion, thinly slicedkosher salt and freshly ground pepper6...
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