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Vietnamese spring rolls are one of my favorite appetizers. When I make them, I go with Mark Bittman’s recipe from the The New York Times. True, the recipe requires a run to United Provisions, Jay International, or Global Market. (You can’t get Thai basil leaves and rice paper rounds at just any grocery store, though...
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The Chicken Has Landed!! Actually, it’s a rooster, an artsy piece from Gringo Jones’ sale on Shaw Blvd. Russ had spotted the colorful, 2-foot tall rooster and thought it would be a fun item for our farm rock garden. He suggested I stop by sometime and take a look. Snow was still on the ground...
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Staying Cool in the Kitchen One of the first things my mother often did upon arriving home was to open the refrigerator door. It was like being away from an old friend with whom you needed reacquainting. Sometimes she’d grab a nibble of cheese or a glass of iced tea. Sometimes she’d just check in,...
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I had a hankering for a good, homemade pea soup this week. As I chopped the vegetables, it occurred to me that as a kid, I often ate Campbell’s Pea Soup (Tomato Soup or Chicken Noodle) for a fast lunch. When I poked around the Internet, I found some pretty funny ads for the soups...
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So Cute and Perfect with Tea Palmiers are one of my favorite store-bought cookies. I usually buy them at Trader Joes. Then one day I couldn’t find them. The stock clerk in the aisle said they’re only around during the holidays. He suggested I try Belgian Butter Waffle Cookies so I tossed a box in...
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Service with a Smile Several years ago, I stopped at an unfamiliar restaurant for a quick bite to eat. One of the first things I noticed—besides the tidy parking area and entrance—was that I was among my peers. The place could have been the dining room of the neighborhood senior center. The enthusiastic server—who wore...
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Oh, What a Wonderful Morning! Each generation has its favorite breakfast. My parents and grandparents ate eggs still warm from the hen house. They’d add a few strips of bacon from the hog killed earlier in the year, a couple of leftover biscuits slathered in homemade butter and jelly, and they were ready to meet...
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When the Earl of Sandwich slapped a slab of salty meat between two pieces of bread, a new star appeared in the culinary galaxy. Ever since, we’ve been tinkering with the Earl’s creation to make it our very own. Dagwood promoted the lunchtime favorite with a high rise-version, that cleaned out the refrigerator. Wimpy negotiated...
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When I stumbled onto an old recipe this week, I had to chuckle. A friend had passed it on to me after home testing numerous muffins to determine the best. Moring Glory Muffins won, hands down. Banana, Zucchini-Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, and Apple muffins were all contenders, but didn’t measure up to the fruit-filled Morning Glories....
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I keep a travel journal and occasionally I even re-read it. One such time was this week, when the ice and wind were whipping about outside my window. I pulled up to the fireplace with a cup of tea and re-lived my French cooking class. Ahh . . . such fond and amusing memories. Plan...
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If you’ve cruised around the Caribbean, chances are you’ve come upon the Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cake—you may have even brought one home. (If not, you can check out Amazon for a number of different sizes, flavors, and prices.) Varieties include their golden original, chocolate, Key lime, pineapple, coffee, Mexican vanilla, and Florida orange. Sweet Gift...
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I Have a New Granddog! Yes, Tom, Lisa, and the girls now have a Shih Tzu puppy. He’s a few months old and about as big as an over-sized gerbil. I have to laugh when I see the tiny-legged little fellow run across the floor like a wound up toy. What’s in a Name? Naming...
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The Real Deal Saigon Cafe, (formerly Little Saigon), is a bit of Vietnam snuggled into a red-awninged cafe in the Central West End. They take pride in dishing up Asian cuisine from locally produced ingredients—some that they grow themselves. Kudos to chef/owner Joan, her son Michael Ly, and kitchen staff for bringing such lively and...
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Nancy Reagan’s most lasting contribution might not be the slogan, “Just Say No,” but a recipe for Baja Chicken, that she made popular while First Lady. Nancy Skinnies Up the Recipe It was everything a good dish should be: quick, simple, nutritious, and flavorful. Women of the Eighties, seeking to lose weight, could prepare...
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An Old Standby Years ago when I was cooking for seven every day, I often needed a quick meal. An old standby that I clipped from the newspaper was called Quick Spaghetti Supper, but my family always referred to the medley as Jungle Stew. It was a term my kids gave to the “mystery meats”...
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The Weather Outside Is Frightful This week with COVID still in the air and snow on the streets, we are back in lock down mode once again. Adding to the containment here at my condo, the elevator is out of whack, my internet temporarily disrupted, and my grocery delivery delayed by the inclement weather. I...
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An Ode to Tea Leaves I lost track of how many gallons of tea were downed in a recent film I watched, Ladies in Lavender—the 2004 flick featuring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. Now that I have BritBox on my TV, I can watch such old favorites as Keeping Up Appearances and other English comedies....
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The Virtues of Chicken Soup I’ve I’ve not heard any mention of chicken soup as a COVID remedy, but it does do wonders for the common cold, ailing sinuses, a sore throat, and other traditional flu symptoms. “Feed a cold; starve a fever,” they say, or was it the other way around? An old, family...
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Burns’ Night: An Excuse to Be Scottish In the spirit of full disclosure, my maternal grandmother was a lassie of the Armstrong clan. But those who have even a wee bit of Scottish blood a-flowin’ in their veins know that this week, (actually January 25), was Robert Burns’ birthday. And what better way to celebrate...
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I roasted some cauliflower and baby Yukons this week. The cauliflower had been softening in my vegetable bin for a while and was beginning to take on the spotting of a small Dalmatian. But I exaggerate. Actually, the spots were no more than a sharp knife could remedy. I slathered the vegetables chunks in olive...
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