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- Farewell-To-Summer Salad
Maybe I’m being melodramatic: summer isn’t about to leave us just yet. Still, I no longer need air conditioning to fall asleep, and the window for photographing food by daylight grows briefer by the day. I comfort myself with thoughts of knee-high boots and Brussels sprouts, and get my fix of refreshing foods while I […]
- Three-Allium Soup For The Soul: A French Onion How-To
You can tell that I love French onion soup with a pure heart because I can do without the cheese. (I’ve seen her without makeup on, and she’s beautiful.) It’s not that I have anything against fistfuls of melted gruyère–I just don’t see the soup as a melted gruyère delivery mechanism.
The recipe is astonishingly transformative, […]
- The Lighter Side Of Cheesecake
I may be in the minority here, but I prefer the mousse-like texture of a no-bake cheesecake to the dry density of the classic New York version. My limited understanding of pastry tells me that the effect of slow baking at a very low heat is to draw out all the moisture from the cream […]
- Grapefruit-Shiitake Soba With Ersatz Ponzu
Today, I took a long, hard look at the décor of my new apartment and saw that it was strongly reminiscent of…my blog.
Really. My sofa is white, with orange cushions. My dining table is white, with red chairs. The walls are white (well, a pale beige), the wardrobe and the chest of drawers are white, […]
