Mashed Kabocha

November 10, 2011 4 comments
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This week we continue with my Kabocha pumpkin themed Thanksgiving dinner. Often when you do something novel with a traditional dish, it involves some sort of sacrifice. You’re into it for a few bites because of its newness, but then you’re left craving your old favorite. This is not one of those dishes. In fact, [...]

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Pork Sugo with Strozzapreti

November 5, 2011 18 comments
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Fall is one of my favorite seasons. The golden sunsets cast long shadows, vermillion leaves scurry around in circles carried by the brisk autumn breeze, and in the kitchen, it’s the season of slow-cooked melt-in-your-mouth roasts and home warming braises. Perhaps it’s driven by some primal nesting instinct, but as the thermostat falls, I yearn [...]

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Pumpkin Tapioca

November 3, 2011 7 comments
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When preparing for Thanksgiving it’s always tempting to go back to old family favorites. About five years ago, I decided that after nearly 30 years of eating the same meal every year, it was time for a change. To keep things fresh, I started picking a new theme every year to base my Thanksgiving dinner [...]

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Yuzu Kosho (Yuzu Chili Paste)

October 30, 2011 9 comments
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Hot sauce is my favorite condiment. Whether you’re talking Tapatio, Sriracha, or Blair’s Ultra Death, I love them all. You could put that stuff on crusty boot-leather and it would make it taste good. I mean what else can you think of that can be squirted onto airline food to make it palatable?

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Baba Ghanoush

October 26, 2011 9 comments
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Smoky, sweet, tangy and creamy with a hint of garlic and olive oil; the complex array of flavors in a good Baba Ghanoush belies its short list of simple ingredients. It’s not complicated to make, but there are a few tricks that make the difference between the nuanced eggplant dish I love and a watery, [...]

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Farro and Porcini Mushrooms (farro con funghi)

October 23, 2011 9 comments
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It’s fall, which means it’s Porcini season! It wasn’t so long ago that buying dried porcini’s seemed unattainably expensive, but a few fruitful seasons have really brought the price down to earth. Last week, I was wandering around my local market when I spotted some fresh porcini’s. Their bulbous caps called out to me as [...]

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Potato Pancakes & Good Bite Weeknight Meals

October 21, 2011 11 comments
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Back in April of 2010, I got a call from Good Bite about contributing recipes to a cookbook they were working on. I’d just turned down a deal for my own cookbook, and wasn’t sure I wanted to tie myself up working on a book project.

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Fried Oysters & PBS Food

October 19, 2011 4 comments
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As you guys know, I’ve been writing for PBS’s food blog, Fresh Tastes for the past couple of months. Well, today I’m excited to announce that Fresh Tastes is actually a piece of a bigger PBS Food site that just launched this week, where they’ve aggregated all the best recipes from over 150 local and [...]

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