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Category Archives: Recipes
Recipe: Minita’s Toor Dal
Minita Sanghvi is a Skidmore professor who’s running for office in my town. The long hours of campaigning have kept her from cooking for her six-year old son as often as she’d like, so when she made Minita’s toor dal for … Continue reading
Recipe: No-Potato Mashed Potatoes
No-Potato Mashed Potatoes are another creation from the laboratory of the irrepressible Dr. Ludwig. They provide a pleasant paleo base for whatever stew or gravy you want to pour on top when you’re avoiding straight carbs. You can taste the … Continue reading
Recipe: No-Lasagna Lasagna
Recent excesses have driven us back into the clutches of the wily Dr. Ludwig. Fortunately, there are plenty of tasty dishes that follow the low-carb precepts of his Always Hungry diet. No-Lasagna Lasagna, in which eggplant slices take the place of … Continue reading
Recipe: Grilled Avocado
Grilled avocado: why not? Grilling gives them a bit of extra flavor plus crisps the surface so pieces are more likely to stay intact. Serve in their jackets sprinkled with seasoning salt or furikake, or add the chunks to … Continue reading
Recipe: Sumac Onions
Dominic Colose, who runs an excellent middle eastern restaurant in our town, recently professed his love of sumac onions in a Facebook post. Research revealed that most sumac onion recipes use red onions and lots of parsley, but Dominic’s photo … Continue reading
Recipe: King Arthur Quick Baguettes
King Arthur Quick Baguettes can be ready in just a few hours (after you make the poolish the night before, which takes maybe 2 minutes) so you can start after lunch and have delicious warm baguettes to serve with dinner. … Continue reading
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Tagged baguette, King Arthur Flour
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Recipe: Crab Hush Puppies
For a Southern twist on surf-and-turf, offer Crab Hush Puppies with chicken fried steak! And for even more fun, substitute 1 c finely chopped okra for the crab! The base recipe comes from The Kitchen and it’s solid but a … Continue reading
Recipe: Perfection Salad
Perfection Salad is a good example of the creative congeals, aka aspics, that we like to serve down south. The original recipe was published in a recipe book called Dainty Desserts for Dainty People (that’s us for sure!) published in … Continue reading
Recipe: Kamala Harris Cheese Puffs (Gougéres)
Vice President Kamala Harris served Cheese Puffs at her first official dinner at the Naval Observatory. While she hasn’t said how she made them, recipe forensics suggest she might have followed the Tartine Bakery recipe since a/Tartine is in the … Continue reading
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Recipe: Carrot Slaw with Raisins and Pineapple
Carrot Slaw with Raisins and Pineapple shows up frequently in the media as a Juneteenth favorite, and it definitely was popular in the south when I was growing up. It shouldn’t be too sweet; the natural sugar in the raisins … Continue reading