Peanut Soup (with Spinach and Miso)
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This spicy peanut soup is the definition of a crowd-pleaser. Meaning, it’s
hearty and delicious and it works for a wide range of people with a range
of d...
Chocolate smoothie
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When I was growing up, there was a chocolate powdered drink known as an
instant breakfast. You poured a packet into a glass, added milk or water,
stirred, ...
miso chicken and rice
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How do you cook when your kitchen isn’t available for kitchen-ing? On a
Sunday last April, I awoke at the crack of dawn jet-lagged from an
(excellent) tr...
Orange-Glazed Polenta Cake
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Apparently I’m not the only one who loves polenta cake. The Italians like
it so much that it’s called Amor Polenta. Which means “Polenta Love.” Well,
at le...
Cranberry Magic Bars
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Let’s say it’s the day after Thanksgiving and you have a glut of
cranberries. What’s a person to do? You could make cranberry muffins for
breakfast, that...
Quinoa Salad with Grilled Vegetables
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[image: Gorgeous gluten-free quinoa with grilled vegetables- perfect
summer fare.]
Beautiful Quinoa Salad with Grilled Veggies.
But first a note---
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Sous Vide Lobster Tails
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[image: Sous Vide Lobster Tails]
I love lobster and although it’s pricey, it’s worth the splurge when
entertaining or celebrating a special ocaasion. As a...
Blueberries and Cream Bread Pudding
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[image: Blueberries and Cream Bread Pudding]
Blueberries are delicious when they are in season, jammy with a deep
sweetness that you don’t always find in ...
Hazelnut and Caramel Cookies
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[image: Hazelnut and Caramel Cookies] These cookies couldn’t be more
different than the way they started out. First they were the hazelnut
thumbprint cooki...
How to Use Bean and Legume Pasta
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Much as I love pasta, I’m not sure it loves me. Last year my carb-heavy
comfort food diet led to some weight gain so I looked into low carb pasta
as an a...
Yogurt Cake Recipe
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Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook!
Gâteau au yaourt Maxence is a big advocate of the adage “if it ain’t broke
don’t fix it”. In othe...
This Saturday’s Recipes by The Pioneer Woman
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This Saturday is a brand new episode of “Home Sweet Home” on Food Network.
My kids are helping me shoot it, my production company in the UK is editing
it t...
Leftovers à la française
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In the family, we rapidly nicknamed my mother “la reine des restes” (the
queen of leftovers) because she’d make a point of keeping every scrap of
food, kee...
Classic Deviled Eggs
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This easy classic deviled eggs recipe uses real mayonnaise and one special
secret ingredient sprinkled on top will make these disappear as fast as you
can ...
Top Tastes of 2018
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A recap of some of my favorite tastes and experiments in 2018. Check out my
last taste recaps in 2016 and 2014. Top Mind-blowing and changing taste:
Vegan ...
Personals history
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I moved to San Francisco in 1991. At the time, I was freelancing in
theater, doing sets and props. The work was sparse, and the pay was
abysmal, but San Fr...
Friday Farm Photos: Have a Long Eared Weekend.
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Any plans this weekend? We watched *this great movie* last night (which we
somehow didn't realize was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood until
after ...
Keeping up
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For readers who would like to keep up with my second act as I build my
volunteering life, I'll be posting updates about my progress on my blog
Lydia Likes ...
Smoked Oysters
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Delicately smoked oysters are a fantastic appetizer or snack, and are great
on pasta.
The post Smoked Oysters appeared first on Hunter Angler Gardener C...
Talking Trash: Blackberry and Buckwheat Scones
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Scones are sort of a brunch band-aid for when you and someone in your group
has been involved in a shadowy game of throwing shade. A peace offering, o...
White Nectarine and Purple Basil Mini Cakes
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[image: White Nectarine and Purple Basil Mini Cakes]
We grow and encourage many flowers within our vegetable patch to attract
the bees and beneficial insec...
October 23
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Last night I got to spend some time with my friend Sam. We hadn't hung out,
just the two of us, for a while - maybe not since June was born, if I
really th...
Last Chance Kale
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When Josie was a baby, she ate a lot of kale. Most of the time she ate it
with cheese-y grits. Perfect food for feeding a 9 month old: soft, green,
delicio...
The Unexpected Makes the Moment Memorable
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I was sitting in Cusco, Peru when I happened upon a mail from my friend
Anita asking if I’d be interested in helping out with a promotion she was
running f...
Cooking for crowds
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My cookbook collection grows. When we moved into this flat four years ago,
I brought with me a desert island stash. The bare minimum of books I needed
fo...
Rutabaga, Celery, Dill, & Smoked Chicken Soup
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Spring may be on its way, but it’s not here yet. It was snowing in Brooklyn
today! Plenty of time left to hunker down with winter vegetable based soups
whi...
Onsen Tamago, or poaching eggs in their shells
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Recently, a TV reporter visited my restaurant Ganso and asked a typical
reporter question: How many distinct ingredients do we use to make a bowl
of ramen?
Baby Eggplants: The Cute Factor
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The other day at Sprouts, a local grocery store, a woman saw me selecting
baby eggplant.
She asked, "Do you like those?"
"Oh, I adore them," I said. "T...
In My Kitchen - June 2012
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Fig Jam and Lime Cordial is a blog I recently discovered. I'm joining in
Celia's In My Kitchen meme this month. In My Kitchen ........is a cow. I'm
not a b...
Please come check out my new site!
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Hi folks! Thank you so much for following my stories throughout the years.
I hope that you will come on over with me to my new site for more. I've
just com...
Gallery: Favorite Jazz Fest Eats
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[image: Cochon de Lait Po'boy. The Best Po'Boy at the Fest. Get one early
or you'll be sorry! (at Food Area 1)] Cochon de Lait Po’boy. The Best
Po’Boy a...
Muffin Variations
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Elise’s Lemon Poppy Seed muffin recipe has remained my absolute go to
muffin recipe, three years and counting. Some fun variations/substitutions
I use in m...
Sac Pie by Night
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You may or may not know the newest, Sacramento area gal on the block. She
is a working professional who enjoys making, eating, photographing,
throwing, blo...
BLUEBERRY RICOTTA PANCAKES WITH LEMON ZEST
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Every so often I have fleeting fantasies to quit the entertainment business
and open a restaurant. In my mind, my restaurant is very popular and well
respe...
In Memory of Sherry
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Many of the regular visitors to What Did You Eat? have already heard the
tragic news that this site's creator, Sherry Cermak, died on July 20, 2008
of a su...
Super Easy, Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
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Easy to make, unusually moist chocolate cupcakes and no mixer required! No
eggs either, the recipe uses a combo of baking soda and vinegar for
leavening. ...
Supper for Persons of Moderate Fortune, 1796.
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Modern recipe writers generally note how many persons a dish will serve,
and they occasionally suggest accompanying dishes or even complete menus.
They d...
Big News - Mental Masala Is Moving!
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The eastern span of the Bay Bridge Mental Masala is moving!
The new home for my 11+ years of blogging is Slices of Blue Sky. Today
marks the first 'offi...
Omelette à la Gendarme - Military Omelette
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Make a little ragout of stewed sorrel, with a little grated Parmesan
cheese, and mixed with bread crumbs; make two omelettes as the first, put
this ragout...
The Unexpected Makes the Moment Memorable
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I was sitting in Cusco, Peru when I happened upon a mail from my friend
Anita asking if I’d be interested in helping out with a promotion she was
running f...
What I’m doing in my 9 to 5 is Project 529
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Well folks, it’s been so long since I’ve posted here that: A. My not-so-new
laptop didn’t have my blog editor installed. B. It took quite a few times
for m...
Garlic Green Beans & Chicken
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This is a really fast, nutrient and protein dense one-dish meal. It's even
faster if you have a bit of left over roasted chicken on hand! 1 teaspoon
minced...
breathe.
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When our daughter lay in the ICU on her second day of being alive in the
world, we stood above her bed and asked her to breathe. Her small hands
were strap...
Thank you.
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Picture it: Mount Wolf, PA. December 25, 2000. It's Christmas morning, and
I'm sitting in front of the Christmas tree in my parents' living room. My
parent...