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Staples For A Healthy & Delicious Gluten-Free Life
Have you noticed recently that just about every isle in your local market contains products screaming gluten-free? These days, gluten-free diets are not just for those with celiac disease and gluten intolerance. It seems to also be appealing to the…
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Playing With Vanilla Beans
There are more than 20,000 types of orchids in the world, and only one produces the second most expensive flavoring, behind saffron. Native to Mexico, it took some patient science to recreate the symbiotic relationship between this rare plant species…
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What We’re Craving This Month: Fall Pastas
While I understand that technically there are a couple more weeks of summer left to go, it couldn’t feel more like fall in NYC these days. The ever-too-frequent cold, gray, drizzliness makes me daydream about curling up with a good…
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Video Short: How To Slice & Dice An Onion
Ever wonder how chefs slice an onion with such ease? Here are a few key tips and tricks to have you chopping like a pro!
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Lemon Rosemary Cupcakes with Italian Meringue Icing & Balsamic Glaze Drizzle
This recipe was spawned from a collaboration with the lovely girls I babysit and their love of the show Cupcake Wars. Read: When I babysit, I am the cameraman/ moderator/assistant baker of a mini kitchen arena showdown. I have to…
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Fresh Herb Lollipops
This alone should serve as sufficient introduction: while the rest of the Northeast was in the grocery store stockpiling water, candles, and generator fuel for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Irene, I was in search of candy-making ingredients. While our…
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Introducing Our Newest Contributors!
Mia Berg is a Brooklyn and Hamptons based artist who is maintaining a life-long love affair with food. In her contributions to this blog, she has finally found a place to merge her love of concocting delicious things, taking mouth watering photos, and an affinity for writing in the first-person. Being a native of Göteborg, Sweden, Mia incorporates her Scandinavian sensibility into many aspects of her life, mostly in the form of Swedish Pancakes.
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Hurricane Hangover
On Saturday morning, before Irene came knocking, I went to the supermarket with my hubs. We figured that pickling and canning would be a good rainy day activity and since we have a gas stove, a power outage wouldn’t impact…
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Dan’s Visit To A Farm In Argentina
On the farm, everyone works to eat, even the guests. A lot can be accomplished and nothing goes to waste. Five hours outside the busy streets of Buenos Aires, we spent 48 hours on the Valsecchi’s family farm. With the…
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The Best Wine You’ve Never Heard Of: Grignolino
I’m having a love affair with Grignolino, and you should be too. At the very first signs of spring I ditch my snow boots in favor of flip flops (I often end up with chilly toes as a result) and…
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