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Now Playing: Smackdown, Interrupted

Now Playing: Smackdown, Interrupted

Brian is out of town on business this Thursday evening.  As the Smackdown is purely a team event (at least at our house), and it was his week to pick the dish anyway, tonight’s match has been postponed.  Depending on whether or not I decide to wrest my attention away from the blogosphere and actually ...

Feb, 28
I Break for Pork

I Break for Pork

Classic French Preparation: Pork Tenderloin avec Robitussin (Cough & Allergy) First, let me tell you what the above is NOT. It is more definitely NOT a braised pork belly, which is what I had really, really wanted to make after having 2 excellent versions recently at new local fav Ox and Top Chef Season 1 ...

Feb, 27
We cannot afford a mine shaft gap.

We cannot afford a mine shaft gap.

Breaking news: Doomsday Seed Vault Opens in Norway 130 meters under a frozen mountain on an island near the Arctic Sea, Norway is opening a Doomsday Seed Vault that will protect 4.5 million different types of seeds from destruction in case of agricultural mismanagement, nuclear winter, alien invasion or all of the above. I think ...

Feb, 26
A Warm Bowl of Creamy Goodness

A Warm Bowl of Creamy Goodness

Tiny bowl of soup, or GIANT MUTANT SPRIG OF PARSLEY? Does one need an excuse to make delicious, delicious soup? I aver that one does not. Especially in grey, late-February, frozen-slushy, cold and shitty weather. (I don’t like February.) There’s something about wielding the stick blender that just chases the clouds away. Oh, the power.

Feb, 25
My Darling Clementines

My Darling Clementines

Clementines refresh the palate… and the loins. I’ve always wanted to try the Nigella clementine cake, the flourless one with the whole boiled and pureed clementines. Nigella is sometimes too precious for me; she uses phrases like “give a blitz” and “ferrous tang” while I’m more likely to give instructions like “fry that shit up ...

Feb, 24
Thursday Night Smackdown:  Gusta el arco iris!

Thursday Night Smackdown: Gusta el arco iris!

Bomboleo! This week, from Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen: Pasilla Chile-Black Bean Casserole (aka budan de pasilla) with Jicama and Cucumber Salad. Rick Bayless may have taken a wrong turn on the journey to celebrity chef-dom when he lent his name to both Applebee’s* and a line of frozen pizzas**, but his cookbooks are wonderfully educational ...

Feb, 21
Buttercream Quickie

Buttercream Quickie

I did not leave my cake out in the rain. Last night I baked a dark chocolate-espresso layer cake for a co-worker’s 80th (!) birthday party today.  She’s a completely amazing – she still rides her bike around New York City, and is constantly flying around the world speaking at fancy-pants conferences – so she ...

Feb, 20

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