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Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ Other Sweets/ whole wheat

Molasses Coffee Cake | Everyday Dorie

This cake is a perfect embodiment of the seasonal flavor and filled with layers of metaphors. I like the idea of bottling all the dry ingredients…

December 11, 2020

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easy everyday/ holidays/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Side

Charred Carrots with Orange and Balsamic

I have to find ways to use up all the carrots from the recent CSA deliveries. Ina Garten’s recipe of charred carrots with orange and balsamic…

November 20, 2020

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autumn/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ Roast/ Side

Roasted Acorn Squash Wedges | Everyday Dorie

We might not be able to gather in a big way for Thanksgiving this year. However, it shouldn’t stop us from putting together a spectacular spread…

November 13, 2020

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autumn/ easy everyday/ Salad/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Radish and Apple Salad | NOPI

The source of inspiration comes from a NOPI recipe, the black radish, red endive and apple salad, from Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully. I adapt the…

November 3, 2020

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Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Soup/ year round

Bean and Tortilla Soup | Everyday Dorie

I can’t think of a more appropriate place to deploy the kitchen-sink approach to cooking than the bean and tortilla soup. Besides a long list of…

October 23, 2020

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autumn/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Side

Miso-Maple-Jammed and Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are showing up in droves in the CSA boxes recently. Hence, I’ve been making sweet potatoes with miso-maple two ways: as a jam and…

October 9, 2020

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Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Sauté/ Seafood/ summer

Miso Corn and Squid | Everyday Dorie

Dorie writes about her encounter with the mythical Kyoto corn and the other Japanese culinary wizardry. That stirs up the sensational memory of my solo trip…

September 11, 2020

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easy everyday/ Ina Garten/ Levain bread/ Roast/ Side

Cauliflower Toasts | Cooking Like a Pro

The many uses of cauliflower continue to surprise me. I put cauliflower in pizza, pasta and salad. There are the easy choices of roasting and steaming.…

September 8, 2020

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Berry/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday

Blueberry Buttermilk Bundt Cake | Everyday Dorie

It has been a while ago since I made a similar buttermilk cake with mixed berries. Say a few years — in 2015, that’s a long…

August 28, 2020

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easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Ruth Reichl/ Sauté/ Side/ summer

Summer Vegetable Succotash

The abundance of the seasonal Jersey white corn gets me thinking about a summer vegetable succotash. “We’ll wager that for as long as there have been…

August 26, 2020

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cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ summer

Ricotta Spoonable | Everyday Dorie

The idea of having a ricotta spoonable to go with almost anything is appealing. I serve the spoonable with some steamed yellow beans and crabmeat. I’m…

August 14, 2020

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breakfast/ dessert/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ Nut/ summer

Peach & Sesame Crumble | Bon Appétit

If there is a better way to make a peach crumble, I’m all for it. It’s early August, the height of the peach season. I welcome…

August 7, 2020

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breakfast/ Chocolate/ dessert/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake

Banana Bread Scones | Freezer to Table

What do you do with the last-of-the-bunch, single banana which is past its prime? Make some quick banana bread scones. Once you make the batter, you…

August 1, 2020

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Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Nigel Slater/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Simmer

Squash, Butter beans and Thyme | Heirloom Beans

What Nigel Slater calls butter beans is the same as white lima beans in the US. Butter beans generally refer to the mature flat, white lima…

July 28, 2020

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Blanch/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Low fat/ Salad/ Sugar free/ summer/ Toss

Ginger-Beet Salad | Everyday Dorie

Beets have been showing up regularly in my CSA box in the last few weeks now. Making a seasonal beet salad, layered with a harissa vinaigrette…

July 24, 2020

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breakfast/ Crack/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Meat/ Pantry essentials

Potato & Chorizo Breakfast Hash | Jamie Oliver

It’s a cloudy rainy summer morning when I made the potato & chorizo breakfast hash. The stillness of the soft egg yolk in the pool of…

July 17, 2020

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Berry/ dessert/ easy everyday/ Low fat/ Sugar free

Cherry Ice Cream | Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver’s 45-second strawberry ice cream on YouTube convinces me to give this recipe a go. You have to see it to believe it. Why not,…

July 7, 2020

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Alice Waters/ Berry/ classics/ dessert/ easy everyday/ my favorites

Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler

It’s July 4 and blueberry season, a perfect occasion for a blueberry cobbler. I’ve been eyeing to make the Chez Panisse’s blueberry cobbler for a long…

July 3, 2020

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cheese/ easy everyday/ Fry/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Mark Bittman/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Mushrooms and Herb Polenta | Two Methods in Cooking Polenta

I have been making different versions of the mushrooms and herb polenta —depending on the kind of mushrooms and herbs I have on hand. So take…

June 30, 2020

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easy everyday/ Roast/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Zucchini Ribbons and Rainbow Chard with Chorizo

Once in awhile, something comes along and knocks your socks off and you have no idea it’s coming. This is how I feel about this dish:…

June 22, 2020

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easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Yeast bread

Easy Burger Buns | King Arthur Flour

I need some burger buns to go with veggies burgers I’m making; so they have to be easy. I find this recipe on the King Arthur…

June 16, 2020

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Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ whole grain/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Farro Risotto with Marinated Feta | Ottolenghi

Unlike the proper Italian risotto, the farro risotto with marinated feta does not require the precision and meticulous preparations. So when I run out of Arborio…

June 5, 2020

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Berry/ breakfast/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake

Cornmeal-Buttermilk Skillet Cake | Everyday Dorie

This cake has a lot going for it, even in the midst of the Covid season. I say that because all-purpose flour is in short supply.…

May 22, 2020

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Diana Henry/ easy everyday/ Poultry

One-Pot Chicken with Black Beans, Rice and Chiles

If you tend to follow a recipe to a t for predictable results, especially in uncertain times, this one is for you. This recipe shows you…

May 18, 2020

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autumn/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ my favorites/ Roast/ Simmer/ Soup

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup | Everyday Dorie

I love a butternut squash soup. This is the last of the bunch of butternut squash I stowed away before the lockdown. So I have to…

May 8, 2020

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