Strawberry and cucumber sandwiches
A little twist on the traditional tea sandwich – strawberry and cucumber sandwiches perfect for our outing to Belmont this weekend. The trick that ties…
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Portobello, poached egg, and spicy sausage
Rainy day breakfast made easy – some spicy sausage from our evening at The Meat Hook, sauteed mushrooms, a poached egg, and a scattering of…
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Brown butter, chestnut honey, and thyme roasted pears
These are, in a word, delicious. How can they not be? You can cut through the pears like butter and oh, that great nuttiness of…
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Truffle risotto with peas and collard greens
When I came back to New York last week, we still had some truffles to work with so we ended up making this terrific Sunday…
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Truffle omelette
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a splendid celebration and that 2012 is full of bright and happy things to come. Everything in…
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Crostoni di pane al burro ‘buono’
Back from a sojourn to Italy, between Christmas and New Year’s, which mostly focused on gastronomical delights. We went truffle hunting for white and black…
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Russian-style gingerbread
Seems like everyone is making gingerbread this weekend, and who can believe it, it is a week before Christmas already! Completely snuck up on me,…
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Gruyere and apple pies
These are the sweetest and cutest pies to make for holiday parties. Shaped a bit like dumplings, they are filled with spiced apple filling which…
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Apricot cake
This apricot cake is summery goodness. It’s hard to describe how good this smells coming out of the oven. Peak season apricots from Red Jacket…
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Sage-butter roasted chicken
Who said chicken is boring? This chicken literally oozes with deliciousness: fresh sage, garlic, and butter – what can be better? This makes a terrific…
