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Mussels are the hidden gem of the seafood world. They’re insanely inexpensive ($4 a pound at the local farmer’s market), extremely healthy despite their high-cholesterol-stigma (they’re high in protein, very low in fat) and cook up in a flash (think 15 minutes for a meal, start to finish). Plus, they are labeled a “Best Choice” [...]
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I love the New York Times’ food journalist, Mark Bittman, for many reasons: his inspiring recipe ideas, quirky how-to videos, but mostly because he made me feel like a bona fide Julia-freaking-Childs today. I followed his famous No Knead Bread recipe (with a few additions here and there, of course) and created what I believe [...]
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A recent trip to Paris left me inspired by some seriously fancy French knife work. Practically all of my meals came with chiffonade salad something or julienned vegetables whatever. All of this crazy cutting, slicing and dicing made every plate look like a work of art. It also made every meal fun to eat. There’s [...]
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Come this time each year, I’m pretty green’ed out. Week after week, chard, kale, and collard greens appear in my box and dominate the market’s offerings. And while I’m a big fan of hearty greens, there is only so much one person can take. But friends, there is hope…at the Marin Farmer’s Market this weekend, [...]
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Sometimes I play this game called “I’m too lazy to go to the supermarket, so what in my fridge can I coax into dinner??” Many times, this game ends very badly. But this time around it was a success! Using kitchen staples (eggs, olive oil, sea salt) and questionable scraps (potatoes developing roots, limp spinach, [...]
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Growing up in San Diego gave me a special gene that makes me immediately drawn to anything with the word tacos, guacamole, or pollo asada in it. So usually any time Mexican food is on the menu I’m happy. That said – and I’m ready to stand by this statement – Mexican just isn’t the [...]
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Yes, I made corn bread. With bacon fat. And it was goooood. Go ahead, judge me…I would if I were you.
Normally, I wouldn’t dream of saving leftover bacon fat and then adding it to a dish. But an article I wrote about earlier this week got me all jazzed up about cooking like our ancestors (i.e. [...]
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Well, the first time I attempted Potato Leek soup, I ended up with a gelatinous pot of grey slurry that tasted like watered down mashed potatoes. Yum! In hindsight, my biggest mistake was not peeling the potatoes (hence the lovely grey hue). My second mistake was not including any flavor boosters, like herbs, wine and garlic. [...]
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I’m always looking for something to do with my abundant sweet potato stash since there seems to be two or three of them constantly rolling around in my pantry. A few months ago, I stumbled across Epicurious’ Sweet Potato Hash recipe, which I’ve made countless times and always with some modification depending upon what I [...]
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A frittata is something that I’ve wanted to try making for ages (thanks to my love for eggs), yet its fancy name and the seemingly high-skill level needed made me steer clear of attempting the dish. Luckily, I nabbed fresh eggs from this week’s market – the most critical component to a fabulous frittata – [...]
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