Recipes

Tarragon Shallot Egg Salad Sandwiches

April 21, 2006

After weeks of deliberation and careful planning (read: procrastinating), I’ve finally made some egg salad. Let me tell you, it was a relief to finally make a Gourmet recipe from epicurious. I get ribbed a lot at work for my recipe choices, but whatever. Anyway, the Tarragon Shallot Egg Salad salad came out very well. [...]

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Tea and Cheese or Death! Tea and Cheese or Death!

April 10, 2006

Cheese and I have a glorious and erratic relationship. I love it in all its forms…squishy, stinky, pre-processed, aged 10 years, shredded, grated, melted, mixed with garlic and herbs… However, it unfortunately doesn’t always return my adoration. Y’know. Lactose intolerance and all that. (Damn my Asian-ness and its genetic shortcomings in the area of spoilt [...]

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The ever-exotic frittata

March 30, 2006

It’s been a few days since we’ve posted on a recipe, so I thought something should do something about that. Earlier this week I was faced with the dilemma of having gotten completely bored with my usual lunch. Baguette, fruit and cheese has always had a special place in my heart, and with $1 Brie [...]

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Recipe: Split Pea Soup

March 9, 2006

«filed under recipes»Split Pea SoupAdapted from Deborah DiFrancescoServes 12 (main course)Active Time: 2 hr Start to Finish: 12 hr Nothing warms up a gloomy winter day like homemade pea soup (which, consequently takes a solid portion of a day to make). 32 oz split peas (2 bags) 1 ham bone (optional, arguably) 3 tsp thyme, [...]

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It was Ham City and I was the Mayor

March 7, 2006

«filed under thank-god-that’s-over-with»After taking the leg of ham with me on the train to eastern Long Island, I finished dealing with it by cutting steaks (15 total) and chopping the rest to bits (6 cups). My stepmother and I had a disagreement over what exactly the ham was; she was convinced that it was prosciutto, [...]

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