Tag: Family Recipes
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Pasta Nero di Seppia, Garlic-Caper Sauce, and Italian White Beans & Pantry Suppers
As we get further into winter here, I begin to hunker down. Nothing says cozy and resourceful like a pantry supper. At least twice a week I try and use what I’ve already got in the pantry as the main part of our dinner. The green were from our farm share, washed, very well dried,… Read more
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Summer Squash Ribbon Salad with Lemon-Dill Vinaigrette (Raw) & My Vegan Dog
Perhaps you’re familiar with Newfoundlands as a breed. Maybe you read Peter Pan (in the original book, Nana is a Newfie, not a Saint). My dog, Atticus, is, for lack of a better ford, a beast. He is giant, hairy, drools, has huge teeth, paws that can take out a grown man’s eye (though he’d… Read more
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Deep Dish Skillet Cornbread & My Deviant Best Friend
My best friend is from Indiana. She grew up in a tiny town and got kicked off the cheer squad for being too sarcastic. Go team! Many an afternoon have we spent driving the unnamed backroads looking for green tomatoes to fry and corn to steam and eat unbuttered; it’s that fresh and sweet. I… Read more
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Grandma Ruth’s Double Streusel Coffee Cake & Einstein’s Theories
Oh, Mr. Einstein with your wondrous hair and brain. You theorized that it would be possible to overlap past and present and I am hoping you can make that possible so that I can dine with the great grandparents I know only from stories of root cellars and Yiddish accents and English maids and also… Read more
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Upside Down Vanilla French Toast & True Love
Bread and eggs are every bit as crucial as blue, red, and yellow. They are the launchpad for many dishes. Plus, baguettes and eggs make decent stand-ins for bats and baseballs. You might know this if you have an almost 12-year-old. I was completely unprepared to fall in love when I met my husband. I… Read more
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Today is a big day. The youngest is now 4. “Even my shadow is bigger,” he says. There are crayon-streaked cards, homemade gifts wrapped in the lopsided way that kids perfect, and a morning of singing. Tonight he gets to choose the birthday dinner and, of course, the dessert. In process: Does he know that… Read more