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Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Web site of the day – Good Food Jobs
This is a pretty picture…
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Peach and basil tea cakes
The basil plant on the patio survived not only an entire summer in my less then green thumbed care but also hurricane Irene’s recent attempt to take New York City by storm so I figured something should be made as an homage to the little basil plant that stood. My only foray into the world [...]
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
Roasted spicy chickpea couscous
Man cannot live on chickpeas alone. In their naked cooked state they can be a little unappetising. But they remain a healthy, cheap food. Roasted in olive oil with a little salt and they become delicate and nuanced. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. They make a great snack and a good [...]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Roasted Red Hook tomatillo ‘jam’
Our new Brooklyn friends kindly gave us their share of a local CSA last weekend. The Red Hook community farm which supplies the Red Hook CSA is run by the non-profit Added Value in a community that needed a little help in the fresh produce area. Read about it here…. Our share included fresh green [...]
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
Strawberry squares
Like a cross between a shortbread and a clafoutis…or clafoutis on shortbread. The original recipe called for an enormous amount of sugar. When this happens take a step back and think about it. Is all that sugar really necessary? Aren’t fresh strawberries pretty sweet with just a sprinkling of cane sugar or a little honey? [...]
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Monday, June 13th, 2011
A very good banana bread recipe
I finally got to visit Vermont recently. Land of lakes, liberals and great cheese. The Chester farmer’s market saw us procure a large jug of local maple syrup and feast on Ana’s amazing empanadas. As for the banana bread, nothing revolutionary here but a healthy and delicious recipe which contains no refined sugar and is [...]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Falafel – a twist on baked beans
Last year, while discussing an upcoming trip to Lebanon with a Paris friend, I waxed lyrical about Lebanese food and how I had discovered a great website and cookbook author Anissa Helou. It transpired that he knew Mme. Helou, having met her at a food symposium and they had kept in touch. He put me [...]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Coconut poppy seed cake
A chewy coconut cake for no reason at all. Replace the sugar with 1 cup maple syrup or 1/2 cup agave for a healthier snack. The courgette/zucchini can be omitted but it adds a nice moistness to balance the crunchy, toasty coconut. Ingredients 1 1/4 (150 gr) cup flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 cup [...]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Almond and goat cheese lasagna
In response to my constant derision of people’s bizarre food allergies, the universe has bitten me on the butt, slapped me on the wrist and made it that my son of not yet a year has some sort of allergy to cows milk and its products. While this is most likely a temporary situation, I [...]
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
From Paris to Brooklyn
Paris has become Brooklyn. It became Brooklyn in November of last year. Maple syrup is still maple syrup, we just got a little sidetracked what with the well cooked baby of July reaching almost 10 months old and the exploration of Brooklyn and it’s pickling, brewing and baking. Life as a stay at home mother [...]
