Tag: delicious
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Beef Bourguignon Pot Pie
Happy 2016, everyone! I know my new year sentiments are a bit late, but I was in Costa Rica this past week (more on that soon!) and only now do I have the chance to wish everyone an amazing, successful new year. Bring it 2016! Let’s do this! I think January is the sort of month that…
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Brown Butter Pistachio Baklava
I discovered baklava in a chaotic, sun soaked market in Jerusalem. All around me, vendors shouted, loudly hawking their wares, and people selected their goods quickly, haggling briefly and hurriedly bagging their treasures. In contrast, I stood still, lost in fascination. In front of me, sticky, syrupy diamonds were laid out on trays, sprinkled with…
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Six Impossible Things
The past couple of weeks have been crazy busy. It seemed like every day there was something new to check off my list and each week I had more and more things to get done. However, now that Chanukah is over I feel like things are finally starting to calm down. I have a trip…
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Brûléed Lemon Curd Olive Oil Tart
I can’t believe Chanukah is almost over! Tonight’s night number six. Crazy, isn’t it? Only two more days left until my yearly eat-as-much-fried-food-as-you-want pass is up! I’m spending this weekend in Brooklyn with my extended family and bringing this tart along. So many people think that Chanukah is all about doughnuts and latkes (and don’t get…
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Classic Jelly Doughnuts
Happy, happy Chanukah! I hope you’re all eating so many latkes. And doughnuts. I’ve already had 4, and it’s mostly thanks to these. I never want to lay eyes on another doughnut, but I think it was worth it. Only time will tell. These are my platonic ideal of a doughnut: light, fluffy, and endlessly…
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Grateful
Hi! Happy day-after-Thanksgiving! Pie for breakfast, anyone? I’m sipping on some tea right now, reflecting on last night’s festivities, which I spent with my close friends. I cooked up a wonderful feast (we did end up having a turkey, which means I now have leftovers for at least a week) and we gorged ourselves on pies, dinner…
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Concord Grape Muffins
It’s Monday! We need muffins. We need them jumbo, crunchy with sugared tops and moist with butter. And most of all, we need them filled with luscious Concord grapes! Have you ever had Concord grapes? They’re dusky little miracles. Only in season from August to October, they’re starting to slip off grocery shelves. But they’re worth…
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Cranberry Pear Crumble Pie
“Close your eyes. Let go of any tensions you’re holding on to. Breathe through the spaces. Relax.” I am laying in yoga class, still upon a thin rubber mat and inhaling deeply after an hour that has stretched and filled me. There is total silence in the room, besides for the faint, other-worldy lilt of flute music. The…
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Sauteed Brussels Sprouts with Beef Bacon
I realize I might be alienating the children of the world by writing this, but I have to say it: I love Brussels sprouts. Always have, always will. In general, I pretty much love most leafy greens, but there’s something about these veggies- like tiny, compact cabbage-heads, full of nuanced, slightly bitter flavor- that always leaves…
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