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Sequestered manicotti

<<or>> Sequestered manicotti making with a Nice Cup A Tea With the arrival of a boxed set of Laura Ingalls-Wilder’s *Little House* series I return to the sequestered life in my rooms overlooking the Hudson reading and writing. As I’ve … Continue reading

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A History Lesson in a Pipkin

(I was unable to attend this event. Erin presented a paper she wrote and was kind enough to procure the rabbit recipe and write about it for DP. –JJF) Written by Erin Laverty “Take a pipkin…” the recipe begins. “Hmm,” … Continue reading

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Sixteen noodles made a lasagna

Mumma wasn’t feeling well. Last night, she didn’t make it out to dinner with sister, Monsieur and me. She stayed home and rested and missed out on a lot of yuck yucks. She was still feeling icky this morning, so, … Continue reading

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Meatballs in the kitchen with Mumma, and G(r)amma-ray, Nanny & Catherine &.. .. ..

I’m at Mumma’s at her place way Upstate on Lake Cayuga for the Easter weekend. We do not celebrate it for the religious but for the family of it. Though nowadays, we make up tradition, change, adjust and readjust it … Continue reading

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In Algiers

DISCLAIMER & WARNING: If you are a rabid animal-rights-type vegetarian and/or don’t have a stomach for some less delicate events in life, please do not read this. . . I started using Twitter recently. I’ve been using Facebook since last … Continue reading

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Proof of cake..

..or the one that got away. A dark chocolate-dipped strawberry was sacrificed for the mouth-feeling enjoyment of the lady holding the plate. Sadly, moments after the picture was taken, she was distracted away to laugh and frolic. The strawberry sat … Continue reading

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Purely Purity

Somebody has quite a sweet tooth but somehow managed to share with friends and loved ones. Buen provecho..

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A baguette request

Going through more stuff, things, papers and piles. I found an entry I wrote during a trip to Monhegan Island back in, I think it was 01994. It was my second time there to stay with a friend and her … Continue reading

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Not your French aunt’s salade niçoise

I became a French citizen today. My father is French and recently he renewed his paperwork. We’ve been gathering papers for better part of a year so I could also get an EU French passport. Now I am a citizen. … Continue reading

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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Do you know this one? A friend and his wife shared with me after dinner the other night. It’s a real sentence. If you don’t believe me, check out about it here.. Bon nuit..

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Not so fancy

Well, my fancy little stars recipe didn’t hold up very well to the likes of fast food inspired smack’n’cheese recipes. Check out the top scoring recipes. They all sound utterly disgusting to me. But then again I didn’t grow up … Continue reading

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Gotham ice cream

I invented this dish last year. It was inspired by a dish served for brunch at Tennessee Mountain. Georgia ice cream was essentially a bowl of grits with eggs and cheddar baked on top. It was pure mouthfeel and yumness. … Continue reading

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Last of the cookie monsters

This past Thursday I attended the taping of the Martha Stewart show. I discovered how ahead of the curve Daily Prandium is with the mini cookie monster series. Martha is publishing a new book on cookies and is promoting it … Continue reading

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Do you know this man?

A dozen meyer lemons to the first person who guesses who this is? A big hero of mine who is free of omnivorous dilemmas..

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A bite for SKINdrop

Some years ago a dear friend of mine left Gotham and headed west. After visiting her sister in Breckenridge, Colorado she decided to stay and set up shop there. She worked at a spa in town for a while establishing … Continue reading

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Fat replacer in baked goods

Dovetailing from yesterdays guilty pleasure confessional and in keeping with a baked goods theme, here is an abstract from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. An experiment I partnered on in food studies lab in fall 0’06 was submitted … Continue reading

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