[Photograph: Tara Mataraza Desmond] A few weeks ago I gave a friend a verbal whupping for calling a concoction he'd made of vegetables and melted cheese atop a piece of naan a pizza. On any given day, this guy...
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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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Like Arthur Schwartz, author of The Southern Italian Table, I grew up in a Jewish household. Schwartz was flanked by Italian neighbors in the apartment building where he grew up, exposing him at a young age to the joys of...
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"The maple-coated sausage mixed with the sweet apples had all the fitting flavors of an autumn meal." [Photographs: Joshua Bousel] I love this time of year, when the supermarkets bust out the big bins of deliciously fresh apples and fill...
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[Photograph: Robin Bellinger] Shopping List 1 pound ground pork: $4 1 cup French green lentils: $1 1 carrot: $0.25 1 stalk celery: $0.20 1 onion: $0.50 Pantry items: Salt, pepper, fennel seeds, garlic, chile flakes, vinegar, olive oil, mustard....
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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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Each week Joshua Bousel of The Meatwave drops by with a recipe for you to grill over the weekend. Fire it up, Joshua! [Photographs: Joshua Bousel] My favorite sausages in the world are the incredibly juicy and spicy beef links...
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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: PHIGONGGOI on Flickr] The story of this...
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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] Over the last five years or so, whole-wheat pasta has become a...
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A love affair with pasta and tomato sauce is lifelong, and new variations are always intriguing. My summer staple is a simple marinated fresh tomato sauce, which never sees a lick of heat except the gentle heat of the...
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