miso soup for the soul

When I was an exchange student in Japan we ate miso soup with dinner almost every night. While I resisted a great deal of seafood while in Japan, it was too much strain on my family to refuse to eat dashi, the fish broth that serves as a base for so many Japanese dishes. Miso […]

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coconut cream pie for the lactose-tolerant

In a shocking display of forethought, my husband went to the bookstore two full weeks before Christmas and bought my gifts. In addition to a new wall calendar and a David Sedaris book, he proudly presented me with Cooking by James Peterson. It’s a beautiful, heavy tome with gorgeous photos, and I said as much. […]

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anadama bread from the bread baker's apprentice

I’m in a bread rut. My husband has been taking sandwiches to work for lunch. I have poached eggs and a slice of toast each morning for breakfast. Sometimes he has a sandwich at home for lunch and still takes one to work for dinner. For the last few months I have averaged one loaf […]

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inescapable oatmeal pancakes

Nothing says “weekend” like what we call fancy breakfast. My husband has been work-work-working, so I decided to kick off the weekend early with a Friday morning pancake brunch! It got moved back to brunch since some people are really good sleepers and weren’t up very early. It was only a matter of time before […]

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crispy kale chips

Recipes for kale chips are everywhere. Turn a weird leafy green into a salty, crunchy, snack food! Amaaaaazing! The only type of kale I had eaten before was the flat lacinato kale (also called dinosaur or black kale), but this week in our CSA we got some gorgeous curly red monarch kale. Its leaves range […]

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csa share 7

With all the visitors in town the last few weeks we ate out more than usual and have a small backlog of veggies. More still arrived on Tuesday, though! This week’s share had some fun and colorful new items. Instead of a giant photo, I decided to take individual photos of all the veggies, just […]

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where's the beef? homemade veggie burgers

A gripe I often hear about vegetarian food is when it tries to “replicate meat” and fails. Serious Eats just featured a veggie burger taste test with a little debate and some snark in the comments. The idea of a veggie burger is not to attempt to replicate the taste and texture of a beef […]

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not-quite kaiser sandwich rolls

It’s not often that I actually get tired of being in the kitchen. More likely I’m sick of doing dishes or deciding what to eat, but the actual cooking or baking doesn’t get old. Despite that, after two long days of work I was excited to get back in the kitchen to make real food […]

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when life gives you apples, make applesauce

The vast majority of groceries that enter our home are purchased by me. While my husband occasionally stops for ingredients on the way home or makes a grocery run, it’s not terribly often. This means that I am making a lot of food choices for both of us; he requests certain items, but when “fruit” […]

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keeping it real

The past week has been a bit crazy. Since last Saturday, my husband has worked about 75 hours and still has two days to go. Wednesday, I had a job interview (hooray!), and while I won’t know how that pans out for a while yet, it did lead to two days of overhire work in […]

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