Ann says
Two weeks ago we had the first week in our new place that was somewhat…settled. No more boxes everywhere, and no more building ikea furniture. I was home for most of the day as I studied for the last test of school, and the weather had finally gotten cool. Lovely and cool! So I [...]
Filed under: Main Courses, Recipes, Side Dishes by Ann on August 24, 2009. Tagged with: beef, braising, farro, oxtails, parmesan, red wine, risoto.
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Abe says
For me as a fan of good food, sometime-neurotic person, and maintainer of multiple chronically-behind to-do lists, it is important to periodically develop grand plans for a multicourse dinner party and then make frantic attempts to execute on them. As personal milestones they are markers of my culinary progress and opportunities to completely focus [...]
Filed under: Desserts, Main Courses, Recipes, Sauces, Side Dishes, Soups and Stews, Vegetables by Abe on April 19, 2009. Tagged with: balsamic vinegar, beet greens, beets, caramel, cheese, dinner group, garlic, ghost chili, gnocchi, gougeres, grapefruit, ice cream, mache, mushrooms, parmesan, peas, romano, shallots, tarragon, tasting menu, the french laundry, truffles, vanilla, vegetarian, vinaigrette, white beans, xanthan gum.
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Ann says
In Latvia there is a little folk tale (with political undertones, whaddayaknow) with something something about a rabbit who goes to the big city (Riga) and tries to buy some Rabbit Cabbage. Of course there is some trickery and a lesson, but I honestly don’t remember how it goes. Kaposti literally just means cabbage, [...]
Filed under: Latvian, Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetables by Ann on March 14, 2009. Tagged with: bacon, cabbage, sauerkraut.
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