Last weekend was the annual lobster bake at the mountain house, a tradition started years ago by a group of work friends, which we were not, that grew to include families of those friends, which we are, and for which we are now tremendously grateful to be a part of. The weather was practically perfect, [...]
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Wheeee! I made more biscuits! And I totally confirmed my suspicion that the coconut flour (and prevalent coconut flavor) can be pushed in one direction (sweet and delicious!) or another (coconut, what?!) depending on the additional ingredient combinations. Here’s your starting point. For savory biscuits, I swapped out the coconut oil for unsalted butter, removed [...]
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(For more on this once-and-future series, see this post. Or find all the harebrained episodes via tag in the sidebar.) Alternate title: What I’m Eating For Lunch Today (with homemade gazpacho) That Is Rocking My World. There’s no need for exposition, the food speaks for itself. We’ll start with the eggs. Plenty of people have [...]
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Dammit, August. I was trying to simplify. Relax. Enjoy the moment. Stop recording life and try living it. But then you had to go and be awesome, and I have no record of it for The Posterity. There was great cooking (despite the so-called x diet), family vacations, beautiful beer money (what?!) and of course, [...]
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(For more on this once-and-future series, see this post. Or find all the harebrained episodes via tag in the sidebar.) It’s a new dawn of eating and food preparation in our household. Cynically I call it the x diet, where x is anything I want but can’t have. Dairy free, gluten free, sugar free. There [...]
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(For more on this once-and-future series, see this post. Or find all the harebrained episodes via tag in the sidebar.) I love fish tacos. My friends love fish tacos. My friends still eat fish tacos (or any tacos, actually), but alas, I do not. Too many empty calories in the common taco delivery system, be [...]
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Passover happened. Yeah, I know. Old news. Wanna see what I made anyway? This year I took care of the potato dish, something I rarely make since I’m usually only meh about potatoes. I opted for a potato kugel, and luckily my friend Emily Levenson had a recipe I could use as a base. The [...]
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An incomplete list of the things I’ve missed these past six weeks of #cmucarnival domination. 1. Cooking. I can’t actually remember the last time I cooked a complete meal from scratch. Bummer. But since our CSA started last week, I have fewer excuses preventing me from picking up this old habit. 2. Grocery shopping. I [...]
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We tried to go to Burgatory Bar a couple weeks ago. The wait (on a Friday night) was close to two hours, so we passed. The hostess that evening suggested we try a weekend afternoon before 5pm, so on Saturday we stopped by after Avi’s soccer game. She was right: we walked right in (mostly) [...]
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I love food. Duh. And food loves me. Duh. (Especially my hips, thighs and tummy.) So as I re-evaluate, re-establish and re-structure my eating habits, I’m finding ways to enjoy some of what I love without completely going off the deep end. I cook with fresh, whole ingredients so I certainly don’t like the idea [...]
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