[Photograph: Nick Kindelsperger] I've experimented with baked potato toppings before but was feeling a little uninspired this time around. Looking for ideas, I turned to Twitter. As it turns out, people are awfully passionate about baked potato toppings. One...
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"I have never seen smoother potatoes." ©iStockphoto.com/cveltri Homemade mashed potatoes can be great, but oftentimes lumpy, dry, and underseasoned—or even worse, mealy. Then there are restaurant mashed potatoes. Those ethereal white mounds of creamy potatoey deliciousness are perfectly salted, without...
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[Photograph: Blake Royer] A friend of mine recently gave me a bag of homegrown fingerling potatoes from her father's garden in Iowa, where he grows vegetables for his restaurant and always donates extras to his children. With more than...
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Editor's note: Philadelphia food writers Joy Manning and Tara Mataraza Desmond drop by each week with Meat Lite, which celebrates meat in moderation. Meat Lite was inspired by their book, Almost Meatless. Photograph: Tara Mataraza Desmond I love this kind...
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] I don’t often eat brunch in restaurants. As a thrifty person who is perhaps unhealthily devoted to baking at home, I have neither the money nor the calories to spare for mediocre pancakes. The big draw...
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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] Westerners tend to think the full range of Indian main dishes consists of wet...
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[Photograph: Blake Royer] The phrase "beautifully simple" comes to mind when I eat this meal, a favorite around my house in the summertime. It's the kind of dinner that comes together peacefully, then is set out on platters for...
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Photograph from R.B. Boyer on Flickr Last summer I grew some New Mexican green chiles in my backyard. Hatch chiles are pretty hard to come by on the East Coast, plus the crop wasn't all that plentiful so they...
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The original goal was to make saag paneer (sometimes called palak paneer), an incredible Indian dish of spinach and freshly made cheese. It's time-consuming and not exactly a Dinner Tonight, but it would have been undeniably tasty. I was...
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You
asked for a dedicated vegetarian column, we deliver (
finally). Please join us in welcoming
Michael Natkin of
Herbivoracious as he debuts with this rich, crowd-pleasing tart.
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