Photograph from J. McPherson on Flickr I go out to eat a lot and one of my favorite things to do in a fancy restaurant is to order the mixed greens salad. It might sound boring but I think...
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When you are cooking with a large artillery of animal-based ingredients it's pretty easy to make things taste good. Butter, cream, bacon, meat-based stocks—all of these are packed with flavor. When you omit these ingredients from your daily cooking routine...
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The following recipe is from the August 5 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here! Eggplant Rollatini is an Italian-American classic, right up there with veal parmigiana and baked ziti. These...
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While I was in college, I had a roommate who I thought was the epitome of class. She was a few years older than me and a pretty great cook. Looking back, her meals were pretty basic—dijon and herb-roasted chicken,...
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I work in a restaurant, which means that most nights I'm not home for dinner. My workday starts around 4 p.m. and ends sometime after midnight. This schedule is not ideal for many reasons, but mainly for the fact that...
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Shiitake mushrooms. Photograph by marcelo träsel on Flickr Let me begin by saying that I love pâté. Mousses, terrines, galantines, rillettes, even the ubiquitous liverwurst. Give me some toast points and a few cornichons and I am in heaven....
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