Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Nov 4, 2009, 12:00 am
We discovered the persimmon tree in September when we noticed the golden orbs hanging from the branches. We hadn’t paid attention to the tree before because it was in a relatively inaccessible area ...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Nov 2, 2009, 4:57 pm
Based on the emails I’ve received lately, my announcement of the Grow Your Own winter hiatus seems to have sparked concern, and I want to thank everyone for thinking of us. We are all well, no healt...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Oct 26, 2009, 11:31 am
One of my fondest food memories is of the tiny round potatoes known as papas criollas from Colombia. The Colombian papas criollas grow wild in the Andes highlands and have a thin, tender skin and a bu...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Oct 19, 2009, 12:13 pm
I realized as I started this challenge that I had forgotten to mention the cinnamon and sticky buns, which I actually made for the first time two years ago with The Daring Bakers. Since I had made the...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Oct 16, 2009, 1:00 am
Have I ever mentioned that purple is my favorite color? I find the color exhilarating and like plants that bear purple fruits and vegetables, including tomatillos. Our tomatillo plants were slow this ...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Oct 13, 2009, 11:01 pm
The October 2009 Daring Cooks’ challenge was brought to us by Jaden of the blog Steamy Kitchen. The recipes are from her new cookbook, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook. I was excited to see that Jaden wo...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Oct 10, 2009, 12:46 pm
My husband Michael, the engineer (aerospace, not trains), is the designer for all our sons’ birthday cakes. He’s a big fan of Duff Goldman and watches Ace of Cakes often trying to pick up any tips...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Oct 5, 2009, 7:00 am
This has been in the works for a long time, and I’m delighted to announce that my readers now have a new way to organize your favorite recipes from this site and many others. Today is the official l...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Oct 3, 2009, 4:47 pm
In autumn I find myself drawn to the displays of fresh seasonal plums, adoring their shape and colors. Strawberries are my spring darlings, blueberries are our summer sweet, and plums are my fall favo...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 28, 2009, 11:33 pm
Before I go any further, I need to confess something. I was really bad last weekend. I schlepped my camera all the way across the continent to the BlogHer Food Conference. Then I didn’t take a singl...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 22, 2009, 9:30 pm
This dish is the main reason we grow Thai basil in our herb garden. We’ve grown many kinds of basil over the years and seem to have settled into a routine of Genovese, Lemon (Sweet Dani or similar),...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 20, 2009, 10:08 am
This is a guest post from my husband, Michael, who travels the world and brings home stories of his many culinary adventures. When traveling to even familiar places it’s nice to know a local. My fr...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 14, 2009, 9:16 pm
For the Daring Cooks September challenge, we made vegan dosas adapted from the reFresh cookbook by Ruth Tal. Fresh is a popular chain of vegetarian/vegan restaurants in Toronto, Canada with three publ...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 10, 2009, 8:57 pm
Zucchini season will soon come to an end, but there’s still time to enjoy this icon of the summer garden. We’ve made salads, pasta, bread, gratins, and all sorts of things with zucchini, even thou...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 7, 2009, 1:00 am
My first cookbook from Sheila Lukins was the 1980s classic Silver Palate Cookbook, a popular book that led many people in the United States to change the way they cooked and viewed food. I’ve collec...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 5, 2009, 11:33 am
I promise I did not plan this. CafeMom approached me about an interview early in August and then right about the time that article was supposed to be released, my friend Jill Asher asked me about doin...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 4, 2009, 3:11 pm
With Labor Day weekend upon us, we’ve reached the unofficial end of summer. School starts next week and the pool closes, two signs that summer is over, but we’re stretching it out a bit with this ...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 3, 2009, 10:15 am
CafeMom posted an article today about me and our kitchen, complete with photos of course. I can’t believe how much work it took to get the kitchen ready for this piece! It’s summer and the boys ar...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Sep 1, 2009, 11:19 pm
I hummed happily as I made this bread, enjoying how easy the process was. Then I accidentally left the dough for too long during the final rise and my first effort ended in abject failure when not jus...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 31, 2009, 5:51 pm
I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to say for this post, perhaps something profound about growing our own foods and sharing them with others, or this being the second anniversary of Grow Your Ow...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 28, 2009, 1:16 pm
My introduction to soba noodles was actually on a plane flying from Tokyo to Honolulu, admittedly not the best place to get good food. The flight attendants came around with breakfast and asked if I w...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 25, 2009, 7:47 pm
I’m slowly catching up with the rest of the BBA Challenge crew, though summer keeps trying to derail my plans. Baking in the summer is always a challenge for me, whether it’s the heat making the k...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 18, 2009, 10:09 pm
It’s rich and complex, not your average tomato jam. The cinnamon and cloves spice it up, but the ruby port makes all the difference between an average jam and a memorable jam. It’s good by itself ...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 15, 2009, 3:17 pm
Though the thought of growing your own fruits and vegetables seems idyllic, it is rarely a trouble-free endeavor. Weather, insects, animals, bacteria, viruses, and funguses can all wreak havoc with a ...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 14, 2009, 11:08 pm
When I saw this month’s Daring Cooks challenge announcement, my pulse quickened and I envisioned a moist, colorful, flavorful Spanish rice. The sofregit seemed perfect for the season, with fresh tom...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 13, 2009, 12:57 pm
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 11, 2009, 1:00 am
When done properly, Challahs are one of my favorite breads. The shape is beautiful, especially the celebration breads with multiple layers or multiple braids or when adorned with raisins or seeds. I e...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 9, 2009, 2:56 pm
Peppers, both hot and sweet, are a favorite for our summer garden and indoors in the winter, and this year we are growing more types than we ever have before, though we’ve had trouble with productio...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Aug 4, 2009, 10:44 am
The upcoming release of the movie Julie & Julia (August 7, 2009) has ignited discussions about cooking and blogging and caused me to reflect on my own cooking journey. Cooking always seemed like a big...
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Andrea Meyers posted an article on Andrea’s Recipes - Jul 31, 2009, 1:00 am
We’ve reached that magical point in the summer where the tomatoes are starting to ripen. For a couple days we brought in only a handful of sweet cherry, grape, sun gold, or yellow pear tomatoes, but...
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