Cheap/Tasty

Cheap & Tasty: Tortilla Espanola

June 3, 2007

If you’ve been to any of the trendy tapas places around DC – or any other urban area – you’ve probably seen Tortilla Espanola on the menu. It’s very simple dish, basically a Spanish omelet/quiche hybrid. Cooking it is a breeze and leaves your house smelling of hash browns for a day afterward, which is [...]

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Cheap/Tasty: Pasta Salad with Vinaigrette

April 14, 2007

Because of my weird hours, I often cook for myself in bulk. Around the middle of last summer I began to get tired of the sauteed chicken breast combinations I’d been coming up with (rosemary/olive oil, chipotle, plain, garlic), so I went to the Union Square Greenmarket in search of something inspiring. Luscious vegetables lead [...]

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Cold morning, City Bakery Hot chocolate.

April 12, 2007

Kimberly, sitting in the City Bakery, holding her cup of hot chocolate with homemade marshmallow:[sips] Oooh.[pause, sips] Oooh.[pause, sips] Oh, my God.[pause, sips] Wow. – I sit in front of my pretzel croissant, fruit-nut muffin, and cup of the same and am relieved. Completely relieved, since I’d promised a memorable breakfast and it’s a drizzly, [...]

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Pumpkin Muffin Bliss

February 3, 2007

Until my recent baking revelation, I hadn’t had too much success with the desserts (see: iPile); especially delicate baked goods like muffins. Back in the November Gourmet, I was captivated by a pumpkin muffin recipe in You Asked For It. It seemed foolproof (and I won’t lie, that’s what I look for in baked goods). [...]

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Cheap/Tasty – Butternut Squash Chili

January 29, 2007

In winter’s depths last week, I thought it high time to try out some chili. I went to the usual suspects, epicurious, Southern Living, Cook’s, etc., and found only two recipes that looked promising: a beef-and-butternut squash chili from Southern Living and a traditional chili con carne from Gourmet. Feeling adventurous, I went with the [...]

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