Note: You may know foolishpoolish from the comments on Slice, where he dives in with abandon--particularly where pizza-making is concerned. Yesterday, he shared this recipe with us. I'm putting it up today, as it takes a while. You should go...
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All'arrabbiata means "angry style", and that's all you really need to know about this recipe. It's a tomato sauce with a kick. Usually that comes from crushed red pepper flakes, but I found this recipe from FX Cuisine that...
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I found this recipe in Things Cooks Love, a beautiful cookbook by Marie Simmons. The book is laid out differently than most, and instead of breaking things down by ingredient, it organizes recipes by the equipment you'll need to...
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Due to unhappy experiences with licorice at Grandmother's as a child, I've long been an anisephobic eater. I don't think I'm alone—the flavor of black licorice is distinct enough to have long spawned lovers and haters. I was, and...
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Sometimes a simple meal is best. This basic, no-nonsense dish is the kind that can be whipped up in 20 minutes and, I believe, is best eaten on the couch with a mindless television program. The sauce uses mostly...
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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 the book coauthored by the two, Almost Meatless, due out in spring 2009. "This...
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I'm all about simple pasta dishes, so this one, which combines two sauces at the very last second, originally struck me as needlessly extravagant. But I couldn't help but be intrigued. One sauce is a bare-bones tomato sauce with...
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On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Today, a new dressing for eggplant. When I cook, I tend to find a favorite vegetable and experiment until family,...
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Interpreting Catholic metaphors is not one of my specialties, and it's probably for the best. I'm not exactly sure what relationship tomato sauce has with temporal punishment and eternal purification. But I do know that this recipe, which combines the...
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Adapted from The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Ingredients 2 pounds ripe, full-flavored tomatoes, cut in half 2 to 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper Procedure Preheat oven to 350°F....
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