Pecan Sables, a cookie from the Gourmet Cookbook, are delicious but don’t look too good. I made them in a personal challenge to create a potluck dish from things I already had in my kitchen.
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These cookies taste better than they look
May 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Food preparation, Food selection, recipes
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Spinach, asparagus go in risotto
May 10th, 2007 · 3 Comments · recipes
Baked risotto with spinach and asparagus makes an easy, delicious spring dish. Recipe is a favorite, adapted from Patricia Wells’s version in the Trattoria cookbook.
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Tip: Roast a chicken
May 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Cooking tips, Food preparation, recipes
Roast chicken the world’s easiest main dish to make, but these days you’ll be celebrated as a marvelous cook if you put one on the table. You can read a lot of semi-complicated recipes, but essentially this is all you need to do: Buy a whole Smart Chicken. (Among its other joys, it is packaged [...]
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Fresh asparagus makes for easy appetizer
April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · recipes
Among the many great things about asparagus are that it cooks quickly and that it’s good hot or cold. The following appetizer ideas make quick work of your spring appetizers. First, prep the asparagus: Choose firm, fresh asparagus with tight heads. Wash. Snap off woody end. Pare away lower skin, if desired. (It’s prettier that [...]
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Vivacious Mary Pepitone off to a good start
April 4th, 2007 · No Comments · General, recipes
Wednesday is always a favorite day for food lovers, since newspapers typically publish their food sections on Wednesdays (along with lots of grocery ads). And a favorite piece of the Kansas City Star food section for more than 50 years has been Come Into My Kitchen, a weekly column that features a home cook. Two [...]
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Chocolate macaroons sound divine for Passover
April 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · recipes
I’m not Jewish, but I have friends who are. One of them is a serious chocoholic, and he’ll love this recipe for Passover: Chocolate Macaroons with Chocolate or Caramel Filling. For some reason it’s on the Epicurious feed, though the recipe has been around for a while. I’m adding it to my list of recipes [...]
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