Category Archives: Food

Thoughts on eating, cooking, and generally anything related to food.

When your refrigerator breaks…

…make meringue cookies! This week involved a bit of a kitchen challenge. On Wednesday, after I left for work, went to the market and picked up some local milk and goat cheese to take home, then had a day during … Continue reading

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Bistro Sandwich Lunch for Dinner

I’ve been trying to cook with the season and with local produce, as exemplified by the butternut squash risotto. I like the idea of cooking with what is available locally – aside from cutting down food travel distance, the food … Continue reading

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Butternut Squash and Brown Rice Risotto

This long weekend has been full of cooking and baking experiments. Quite a treat after my recent propensity to stick with tried true and easy. Among the treats created were a cheesecake (recipe tomorrow I hope), some tea-infused truffles (no … Continue reading

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Tom Yum Soup

I’ve been fighting off a cold of late, but I’m feeling a bit better. Well enough to want to cook and also to want something warm. My favorite Thai soup is Tom Yum. It comes in many different incarnations with … Continue reading

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Fall Food Fun – Quinoa Stuffed Carnival Squash

There is something irresitable about the lovely colors of fall squash. Bright greens and oranges, smooth tans, variegated or monochrome, I am always pulled to pick one up, even if I have other plans for dinner. Luckily, squash waits patiently, … Continue reading

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Omnivory and Orange Chicken

I have recently finished reading Michael Pollan’s The Ominvore’s Dilemma. It is a fascinating book. It did take me a while, but mostly becuase I needed to mentally digest things before moving on, not becuase it was too dense or … Continue reading

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A Dessert With No Pictures…

Last night we had guests, and in my excitement to serve a yummy dessert I forgot to take a picture! Alas! My brain has been addled by all my studying for the GRE…I can tell you about geometry and analogies … Continue reading

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Summer Squash Pesto Pasta

Yesterday there were beautiful pattypan squash at the greenmarket, mostly full-sized (3-4 inches across), but there were a couple cute babies hidden admidst the adults. I was inspired by their lovely yellow smallness to pick up a handful for some … Continue reading

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Pockety Pita

One could hardly be blamed, based on my recent lack of posts, for thinking that I have not been cooking much of late. However, one would be misled! It is merely that I have been too hungry upon dinner completion … Continue reading

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Some of the most beautiful spinach I’ve ever seen…

I purchased this spinach at the Union Square Greenmarket, I thought, “This is some really good looking spinach.” But I did not realize how truly stunning it was until I was plucking each perfect leaf from its stalk and tossing … Continue reading

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