Category Archives: Recipes

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Recipe: Rye Currant Breadsticks, Improved

The rye currant breadsticks created by AI weren’t bad, but to make them great we still needed the human touch. More currants, more honey and most important 100% rye flour. These morsels go great with any sort of dip: scoop … Continue reading

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Recipe: Rye Currant Breadsticks

[Update: above are the rye currant breadsticks I baked using the ChatGPT recipe. They’re good but not what I expected with clear directions for improvement. Next time I will use 100% rye flour and cook at 350 degrees so the … Continue reading

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Recipe: Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes

Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes have the right balance of savory/sweet/sour to stand up to the other dishes on your turkey/turducken/tofurkey spread. Back in Dallas my family served in hollowed out oranges with little marshmallows on top; now that we’ve relocated to … Continue reading

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Recipe: Artichoke Parm Hero

I was intrigued by the Artichoke Parm Hero served at Mama Louisa’s Hero Shop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and researched in exhaustive detail in this Bon Appetit article. With no trips downstate on the calendar, I had to try making … Continue reading

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Recipe: Mediterranean Baked Fish

Mediterranean baked fish is evolved from a picture I saw on the internet featuring beautifully blistered cherry tomato halves. The result is a well balanced dish that throws off lots of delicious liquid you will want to sop up with … Continue reading

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Taste test: butternut squash three ways

This taste test happened because a guest at our Airbnb left some precut butternut squash cubes in the fridge. Normally we slice a whole squash down the middle, scoop out the seeds and fill the hollow with butter and maple … Continue reading

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Recipe: Betsy’s Easy Peach Cobbler

Our friend Betsy brought Easy Peach Cobbler to a pot luck. It uses only one dish because you can add spices right in the can. And it’s delicious! Ingredients 1 package yellow cake mix 1 large (29 oz) can peaches … Continue reading

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Recipe: Stovetop Clay Pot Rice

Stovetop Clay Pot Rice is cooked in a saucepan vs an actual clay pot. We did some experimenting with this excellent Woks of Life recipe so we could enjoy this autumn Hong Kong comfort dish with lots of prized crunchy … Continue reading

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Recipe: Yum Yum Edamame

I was making Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp and wanted to add a veggie element. Yum Yum Edamame was a huge hit. The startling contrast of lemon juice and sesame oil cuts through the richness of butter and garlic and would do … Continue reading

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Recipe: Quick Pickled Tomato Slices

This summer we have been snacking on a variation of our Quick Pickled Onions. We always have a tub in the refrigerator and include them on just about every sandwich we make as well as green salads. The other night … Continue reading

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