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Pan-Seared, Oven-Finished New York Strips with Balsamic Caramel
It’s a rare occasion that a New York strip steak needs anything more than a little salt and pepper. That said, in the spirit of special-occasion dining, a good sauce does make a meal feel a wee more...
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3 Simple Tartines: Mushroom; Radicchio & Gorgonzola; Fresh Ricotta // Plus A...
I have a confession. By the time Valentine’s Day rolled around, we had eaten the steaks, devoured the torte and made soup out of the turnips. And then, as it turned out, Ben couldn’t even be home for...
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Valentine’s Day
Just a quick hello today. With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, I thought I’d check in in case you are menu planning or perhaps needing a card? A few thoughts: A simple start: yummy cheeses,...
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Skirt or Flap Steak with Shallots | Also, Chocolate Bread
You know how sometimes a day — a year — can rip by in an instant? But somehow the ten minutes while the steak is resting feel interminable? Without gainful employment, that steak will draw you in,...
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Vanilla Bean Pots de Crème
A few weeks ago, I snuck up to see my auntie in VT, where I spent most of the time on the couch in front of the fire, dogs at my feet, cookbook in my lap. I was in a baking sort of mood and found...
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Julia Child’s Chocolate Mousse, And A Simple, Stinky Valentine’s Day Menu For...
There was a period last summer when I was obsessed with making parfait, not the layered fruit-and-yogurt parfait, but the French parfait, which is like ice cream. The parfait-making technique calls...
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One-Bowl Buttermilk Pancakes | Baking Steel Griddle Giveaway
Over the weekend, I said goodbye to my electric griddle, a gadget I’ve had for over a decade, one I’ve loved and hated over the years for various reasons: loved for its large, flat surface and, um,...
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Brown Sugar Shortbread
I need another cookie. You? Preferably one made with only three (or four) ingredients, whose assembly requires nothing more than a wooden spoon and a bowl, a press-in-the-pan cookie, that you score...
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Homemade Marshmallows
Last Sunday, I watched Tyler Florence make marshmallows, a food I never thought I would venture to make from scratch. But after seeing the two egg whites whip in the stand mixer until they tripled in...
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Roasted Chicken with Clementines
Upon receiving Jerusalem early last summer, I poured through it cover to cover, reading about hummus wars and baba ghanoush, feeling inspired to start burning eggplants and preserving lemons with...
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AK Cookies
I need a cookie. You? Typically, I don’t post cookie recipes that I haven’t tested more than once, but what the hell, I’m feeling wild. This recipe is in the current issue of Lucky Peach, and for...
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Canal House Chicken with Preserved Lemon
Remember those preserved lemons we made last fall? Well, I think I’ve found my favorite use for them yet: this five-ingredient chicken, a recipe which arrived two weeks ago in my mailbox — my real,...
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Butternut Squash Lasagna | Thanksgiving in VT
Snow, dogs, a constant fire — I couldn’t have asked for anything more of Thanksgiving in Vermont. But, as always, all of the VT treats — the Jasper Hill Farm cheeses, the Dakin Farm ham (with the ham...
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Grand Marnier Chocolate Truffles
After serving a delectable Thanksgiving Eve dinner of cedar-plank grilled arctic char and roasted Brussels sprouts, my mother and aunt poured coffee and passed around plates of these Grand Marnier...
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Baked Semolina Gnocchi (Gnocchi Alla Romana)
One day last week I snuck off to a friend’s house for lunch, a long-anticipated occasion knowing what I do about this friend: not only did she live in Italy for many years, she also taught cooking...
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Fine Cooking’s Rich, Fudgy Brownies
Nearly a decade ago now, I made Fine Cooking’s rich, fudgy brownies, and I’ve been a devotee ever since. Made with cocoa powder alone — no melted chocolate — these brownies are delicious freshly...
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Grand Marnier Chocolate Truffles
After serving a delectable Thanksgiving Eve dinner of cedar-plank grilled arctic char and roasted Brussels sprouts, my mother and aunt poured coffee and passed around plates of these Grand Marnier...
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Vanilla Bean Pots de Crème
A few weeks ago, I snuck up to see my auntie in VT, where I spent most of the time on the couch in front of the fire, dogs at my feet, cookbook in my lap. I was in a baking sort of mood and found...
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Julia Child’s Chocolate Mousse, And A Simple, Stinky Valentine’s Day Menu For...
There was a period last summer when I was obsessed with making parfait, not the layered fruit-and-yogurt parfait, but the French parfait, which is like ice cream. The parfait-making technique calls...
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One-Bowl Buttermilk Pancakes on the Baking Steel Griddle
Over the weekend, I said goodbye to my electric griddle, a gadget I’ve had for over a decade, one I’ve loved and hated over the years for various reasons: loved for its large, flat surface and, um,...
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