Whenever I travel to a new place, there are two topics I exhaustively research: restaurants and local markets. My first trip to Palermo was no exception. Our hotel was reasonably priced and well-reviewed, but most importantly it was steps away...
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[Photograph: Nick Kindelsperger] Can this really be the first time I've cooked lamb loin chops? It turns out they are awfully cute—something of a T-bone fit for Barbie. Impressively succulent and tender, the lamb loin chops were also relatively...
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"It had prettier colors than a bag of Skittles." [Photograph: Kristen Swensson] Last week, my friend Rachel split her CSA's tomato haul with me. When she spoke about it, I expected a few pounds of produce, maybe 10 or 15...
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"Too often, grain and bean salads are over-dressed." [Kristen Swensson] Mayo-Less Salad Series Avocado Chicken Salad » Lemon Basil Pasta Salad » Black-Eyed Pea “Caviar » As the Summer of Death and Bizarre Weather comes to a close, so does...
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The following recipe is from the August 26 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here! I have a borderline unhealthy fascination with Christmas. I love the twinkling lights, piles of presents,...
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One of my favorite jokes goes like this: A grasshopper walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Hey, did you know that we have a drink named after you?" The grasshopper replies, "You have a drink named Carl?" Well,...
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I'm not too crazy about room-temperature bean salads; I like my beans best when they're hot and refried. But I'm always tempted by legume recipes for their cheapness and healthiness, and it's the season for salads. I've also yet...
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I consider myself lucky for the fact that my childhood dentist's office was located in very close proximity to an ice cream parlor. When it came time for my brother's and my twice-yearly dental exams my mother decided that we...
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Let's start the weekend right—with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? Hit up the archives. Cheers! If you had to pick a drink that epitomized that part of the year when spring gives...
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Here's another New Year's Eve Champagne cocktail. Want more? Drink up! It's the frostiness in mint that reminds me of winter. I love how it leaves an icy trail as it goes down. And to me, nothing is more dead-of-winter...
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