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The Deconstruction of Fish & Chips
At CR’s urging, I decided to give the deconstruction of fish & chips a try. (For background on the Top Chef deconstruction challenge, read about it here.) My challenge was to create a dish that would deconstruct fish & chips and end up tasting like the original. Since the only ingredients in the traditional offering are […]
Slow cooked apple butter
I actually thought I’d posted this recipe already, but I must have posted it on a private loop somewhere. As promised on Twitter: the recipe I’ve been following for slow-cooked apple butter. It’s a joy to make because it fills the house with its heady fragrance for hours and hours and hours. Easy, too, […]
An evolving recipe for pomegranate baklava (with pictures)
In The Lost Recipe for Happiness there is a recipe for Pomegranate Baklava. It is the invention of a surly, beautiful gay chef who is Elena’s nemesis for much of the book. I’ll be serving it at booksignings and wanted to be sure I remembered how it all went together (of course I tested it several […]
Autumn beauty: roasted vegetable stock
Obviously, the girls have been taking some pleasure in shooting photographs of everything around us, mostly the reds and yellows of the season. This was an image that let me play for a solid half hour. For a writer, photos provide a garden full of color for the off-season, no words required. I am also […]