Note: You may know Carolyn Cope as Umami Girl. She stops by on Tuesdays to help us cook through seasonal surplus with ease. It occurred to me recently that I have a very specific conception of what it means to...
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Editor's note: On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Take it away, Kristen! [Photograph: Kristen Swensson] You know the bible story about the loaves and fishes? I...
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Serious Eater Michael Natkin of the vegetarian blog Herbivoracious drops by every Wednesday to share a delicious recipe to expand our vegetarian repertoire. [Photograph: Michael Natkin] More Seriously Meatless Tortilla Casserole » Polenta Triangles » All Seriously Meatless recipes »...
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[Photographs: Robyn Lee] Usually when I think about whoopie pies, my thought process isn't too complicated. I want to eat that. Preferably now. But making pumpkin whoopie pies for the first time, I started analyzing the white, fluffy innards....
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"I'd encourage you to try this out before the pumpkin pie portal closes for the season." [Photograph: Robyn Lee] At the risk of sounding like a giant nerd, sometimes I think baking pumpkin pies is very similar to time travel....
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"This recipe makes a lot, and I mean a lot—two very hefty loaves to be exact. But given how good it is, I'm not really complaining." [Photograph: Robyn Lee] When you work in a restaurant, brunch is a bummer. Everyone...
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[Photograph: Joshua Bousel] There's nothing I miss more from my time in Israel than shawarma. I'm not exaggerating—I had shawarma in a pita or laffa almost everyday during my six months there. Like my previous experience making tacos al...
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Juniper berries. [Photograph: Shauna James Ahern] If you had seen my spice cupboard in 2005, you might have laughed. A half-empty cinnamon bottle, used vigorously during the holiday season, then not touched for months. The same was true for...
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I set out to make Lex's Roast Chicken with Bacon and Spicy Coffee Rub from Ari Weinzweig's Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon a few days after Labor Day weekend. The weather had cooled down to the point where I was...
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Ingredients 1/2 pound green beans, washed and dried 2 cloves of garlic, peeled 5 tablespoons meat or vegetable stock 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste 2 tablespoons lard, vegetable oil, or a combination thereof Procedure 1. Stem and snap...
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