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Galette (Not a Rainboot), written 5 days ago, A galette is a general term used in French to designate different types of round and flat crusty cakes. See the Wikipedia entry for extreme details.I had never tried to make a galette until this weekend and rest assured that I will again be making a gale...

Back from Switzerland--Well...Almost!, written 1 day ago, It was a wonderful trip and terrific group of people. I have some great photos and stories and even a recipe to share but it will take a little while as tomorrow starts the final round of photography for the book and will go the entire week t...

Cooking with consciousness. Indi(r)a’s recipe and photo journal.

Snickerdoodles, Revisited, written 17 hours ago, When I first started this blog, one of my first recipes was for Chad's favorite cookie, hands down: Snickerdoodles (see the picture here — my photos were kind of awful at the beginning!). But now let me introduce what he has proclaimed as "the ...

Two sisters share their knowledge of Arabic and international cuisine.

A Plantain is Not a Banana, written 1 day ago, The above picture is not a super ripe banana. (Though I have a couple of those on my counter begging to be baked into a banana bread.) It's actually a perfectly ripe plantain.Though used primarily as a vegetable, a plantain, like a banana, is a fruit th...

Heirloom Tomato, Basil and Brie Bread Pudding, written 1 week ago, As I mentioned a few weeks ago, tomatoes have been the stars of the September CSA shares. In addition to the wonderful salsa I made with them, I was inspired by this fabulous-looking bread pudding recipe over at Pioneer Woman Cooks. ...

Pomegranate, written 9 hours ago, Pomegranate molasses (called dibs rumman in Arabic) is a heavy pomegranate syrup used in Mediterranean cooking with eggplants and one of the essential ingredients muhammara, which I spoke of last month. It's a traditional Mediterranean dip made from hot and sweet re...

Rachael Ray's Burger Bash, written 17 hours ago, There must be a whole bunch of bloggers at the NY Wine and Food Festival, which is running this week, because there were a half ton of reviews of the event all over the blogosphere. Rachael has hosted this event for the last couple years.A whole bunch...

vietnamese sandwich with tofu: Bánh mì, written 4 weeks ago, No need to give up Vietnamese sandwiches now that I'm in Boston.  Funny, because these simple, tasty sandwiches were a favorite when I trekked to Berkeley for class.  Eric and Danielle took me to a little restaurant, New Saigon Sandwic...

Sensational Side: Fig and Pear Wraps, written 13 hours ago, „When the cat's away, the mice will play!" In this case: Cat = Soeren Mice = Tom + Me It's Fall break here and Soeren is away at his grandparents for the whole week. When Tom came back yesterday evening after dropping Soeren off, I w...

Back from NYC: Cupcakes, Cinnamon Buns and Tofu Cookies, written 1 week ago, We just got back from a foodfull visit to New York City. So much to try and taste and such small stomachs! It's a shame and a blessing, it leaves you wishing you could manage more but also comforted by the thought you will ...

Dietschtoberfest 2008, written 4 days ago, He had a birthday yesterday. The kind with nice, round numbers. And I wanted to give him the world, the moon and the stars. Unfortunately, that wasn't going to happen this year (yet again). But I still made him dinner.

And the winners are, written 5 days ago, This is me with some really famous people! The weekend just past was unlike any other in that it was the very first time the Irish national Food Awards took place. Kieran Murphy, Co-founder of Murphy's Ice Cream in Dingle,...

Cranberries are back., written 1 day ago, It's time.  Can you taste it?  That tongue-titillating tartness?  Cranberries are back. Whether you love them or hate them, cranberries are a practically indispensable part of Thanksgiving.  But really, they are so much more. Cranberries are an autumn pi...

Chhaach, written 2 weeks ago, A health drink to cool ur tummy -- posted by divine ambrosia

Saturday Snapshots #7, written 2 days ago, The O2, 2007 Built in 2000, the Millennium Dome in North Greenwich was much maligned during its first year when overruns on budget caused it to make far less money than predicted, with taxpayers footing the bill for the shortfall....

Now Showing On My Table II, written 1 day ago,

From Junk Food To Farm Food (Via Sainsbury's), written 3 days ago, A guest post from my dad, living the River Cottage life (or trying to) in North Yorkshire.I always said that when I moved up to Yorkshire I'd stop buying meat and vegetables in supermarkets and source my important food locally. I'd l...