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brussel sprouts with hazelnuts and browned butter
If I have a vegetable nemesis, it’s brussel sprouts. I hated them when I was a kid and, unlike many of the other foods I have grown to love in adulthood, brussel sprouts just never “took”. My husband...
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chicken (or turkey) pot pies, part 2
Originally, I intended to post a delicious recipe from the new Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, but Thanksgiving is around the corner and, even though I work on the holiday each year, I thought it might be...
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Lately…
“This is not a goodbye, but a See You Soon.” Candles made from wine bottles Got a juicer. Yes, I’m one of THOSE people, now. Chaperoning county band assessments. Can’t ever seem to get a glimpse of...
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game-changing brussel sprout salad
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know my disdain for brussel sprouts. Yeah…If you ask my husband, he will tell you that I pretty well hate them. There are many vegetables (and even...
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pearl barley salad with harissa spiced chicken
I hesitated sharing this recipe because the preparation is a bit fussy. Many prep and cooking techniques are utilized here: chopping, peeling, blanching, sautéing, marinating…you get the idea. My...
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Roasted Green Beans
Do you know what it’s like to pack 190 pounds of fresh string beans into individual one-pound bags? I do. I also know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of those shares of green beans from...
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Ciabbottola and The Kinfolk Table
Do you read Kinfolk magazine? If not…you should. While I find it difficult to put into words exactly what Kinfolk embodies without simply using one-word adjectives like “stunning!” and “ethereal”, the...
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Peanut Noodle Bowl with Broccolini
If summers were made for spending the waning sunny evening hours eating dinner on the deck, then winters around our house are definitely for eating a meal in a bowl in front of the television watching...
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Oven-Baked Crispy Onion Rings
When something is more trouble than it might be worth, I’m going to tell you the truth. If you love/miss crunchy fried onion rings and don’t mind a teensy bit of mess, then these are definitely a...
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Crispy Parmesan Brussel Sprouts with Capers (Also, a few photos from our trip...
Hello strangers! Yeah, I basically took the rest of the summer off from blogging. Then school started 1 1/2 weeks after we returned from vacation, and shell shock set in. It’s definitely been a...
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