November 2006

Say it with me: "Role-lah-din"

November 9, 2006

Tonight Liz made rouladen (not to be confused with rolladen). Rouladen, for the uninitiated, is (are) a german delicacy in which one wraps up slices of pickle and onion with a thin piece of tender beef. It’s then sauteed in stock and savored with, in our case, mashed potatoes. I will admit that it doesn’t [...]

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Fear of baking

November 7, 2006

After yesterday afternoon’s unsettling discovery, I set out to try some new recipes. With a meal consisting of Cook’s Illustrated penne alla vodka and Southern Living’s Apple/Cranberry pie, I won’t admit it isn’t just a little strange, but whatever. It’s fall. Fall means apples, and apples go with pretty much anything. And one last thing [...]

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My world is (somewhat) shattered

November 6, 2006

So there I was, catching up on my blogs with my trusty rss reader (something I haven’t done in months) only to discover that (1) a new, improved version of The Joy of Cooking hits shelves today and (2) I have the most unloved version. Apparently this new one is truer to the original than [...]

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