May 2010
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Summer Snacks and Drinks
Chicago was upwards of 88 degrees yesterday, and after spending several hours on Lake Michigan (new love of my life) we hit up the Lincoln Park Whole Foods (second new love of my life) and went to work on creating our deep dish pizza dinner. We needed some snacks and cocktails to keep us going during the 3 hour pizza prep, and this is what we came up with. I’ve made this brushcetta...
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Deep Dishin'
For the last two years, I’ve spent Memorial Day weekend with my friends Melissa and Sean in Chicago. They both appreciate eating as much as I do (Mel and I discovered our mutual gluttony in college) so I told them we had to make a special post while I was here. We settled on a traditional deep dish pizza (which, according to wikipedia, was created in 1943 at Pizzeria Uno.)
To be...
Tillykke med bryllupsdagen
I’m not much of a baker, mostly because I hate following directions, but we threw our friends Brooke and Mads a surprise 1st Wedding Anniversary Party at Black Rabbit last night. It was prime time for cupcakes (from a box, with alterations.)
I’d seen a few recipes for pink lemonade cupcakes floating around, and decided to add strawberry into the mix. Based on the comments I got last...
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Ris-ot-to, Ris-ot-to, Ris-ot-tohhhhh
Anyone seen Hook? Ohh fine.
I was winding down my work day and asking for dinner suggestions, when someone mentioned risotto. Scary, scary risotto. I’m not a huge fan of rice in general, and the fact that risotto has always seemed so labor-intensive has kept me far away. Don’t ask why I have a bag of it in my “legumes drawer” (I just named it that, but it’s the...
Stuffed Artichokey
After returning from my trek to the Queens Goodwill Outlet tonight, I was a bit hungry. I immediately eyed the artichoke I’d picked up yesterday and, after googling a few recipes, I decided to stuff it… with something??
Stuffed Artichoke
Ingredients
1 artichoke 3/4 cup of italian breadcrumbs 1 lemon 1 tbls olive oil cheese (I used Romano) 1/2 cup of milk garlic powder salt...
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Breakfast for Dinner
It’s still rainy and gray here in Brooklyn, which makes me feel like I’m back in good ol’ Washington. Because of that, and because it was Mother’s Day on Sunday, I decided to make one of my mom’s “signature dishes”… in particular, a breakfast dish my mom made all the time for us growing up: Dutch Babies. You may know this as a “german...
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Tuscan Comfort Food
Sometime between yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening, Brooklyn decided to turn into a chilly windstorm and dropped 20 degrees. After a week of 75+ degree weather, it was highs of 55. OOF. This dashed any dreams I had of breezy summer salads and cold cucumber soups for dinner tonight. Instead, I was craving something hearty and filling… luckily I had a few friends in the same boat.
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Southwestern-Style Stuffed Peppers
Despite my desperate mental need to get out-out-out of the house tonight, I’m forcing myself to at least stay in for dinner. One issue I’ve run into while living alone is how wicked (sup, Boston) fast produce goes bad. I’ve watched what was once a lovely red bell pepper get sort of wilted and sad in my fridge. Solution? Roast the sucker!
I don’t always cook with...
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Hello New York Summer: Sunday Dinner
It got HOT this weekend. Like the kind of hot we only dreamed of growing up in Washington. I spent approximately 7 hours of this weekend sweating away in McCarren park with various friends. It was grand. And gross.
Earlier in the week I had invited my friend Jenn De La Vega to come by for dinner, not realizing how super warm life would be by Sunday evening. Boy oh boy, I am glad I selected...
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Welcome to The Bored Vegetarian
I’ve realized that all I eat are brussels sprouts. Brussels sprouts and arugula (not together, of course.) Somewhere between my teenage rebellion and my late-20’s, I’ve become a complacent vegetarian. Celebrate cheese! Dream of bacon! Nachos are delicious if all else fails! Don’t make a fuss if everything your family serves at Christmas is doused in meat juice!!
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