Ok, don’t lie, who isn’t just sliiiightly intrigued by the royal wedding hype? I mean, come on. It’s like the Academy Awards, the Inauguration, and the Jolie-Pitts wrapped into one Big British 5 A.M. event. I feel like there are women out there, donned in fanny packs and sweatpants, sitting on stoops with their five [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Roasted Asparagus with a Hard-Boiled-Egg Dressing
Despite the loooong title (sorry), this recipe is super fast to make. Asparagus and eggs go really well together. I mean, you can’t throw a rock without hitting a menu featuring asparagus with hollandaise sauce on it. I get it, that combo is delicious. But who really wants to “whip up” hollandaise at home? NOT [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Eggs, Side Dishes, Vegetables
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Asparagus Quiche
Happy (Good) Friday, everyone! When trying to think of an Easter recipe, I kept coming back to two things and two things only: asparagus and quiche. I know everyone thinks of decorating Easter eggs or chocolates shaped like bunnies, but we never really got into that much in our family. Easter Sunday meant Mass (after [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Eggs, Lunch
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Black Beans
These beans were a request. The boy-friend is trying to “bulk up” (i.e. take himself from 175 lbs. to a whopping 180 lbs.) for his team this summer, and has been eating everything in sight. This is a particularly annoying male athlete practice to observe. He eats like six eggs a day (I’m stuck with [...]
Posted in Beans and Legumes
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Mussels with White Wine and Garlic
For the last 24 years, my family has gone camping on an island in Maine every summer. We basically live like a pack of wild dogs for a week: lying around, eating, drinking, and drooling from relaxation. Well, and playing Scrabble. So if a pack of dogs could play Scrabble, that’s our family in Maine [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Seafood
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Parmesan and Cracked Black Pepper Crackers
Of all the things in the baking spectrum, crackers are probably the easiest to make. You mix it up, roll it out, and slice ‘n bake them. No kneading or proofing or fiddling… and yet it seems that no one ever makes them. Are we that devoted to Carr’s? Ok, I do worship their whole [...]
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Picnic Snack
Ok, sometimes when it’s 70 degrees out and you’re in the most beautiful town ever (answer: Charlottesville, VA), you have to get out of the kitchen and enjoy the day. But since my day-enjoyment revolves 60% (READ: 90%) around the food I’m consuming, a picnic had to fit in somewhere. One of my most successful [...]
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Root Vegetable Chicken Salad
Thanks to a few sporadic days of warm “spring” weather, I’ve given my delusional self full license to wear clothing that is really only acceptable in late July. White pants, sandals, no coat or jacket of any kind… it’s all totally reasonable. It was sleeting two days ago, and I still trudged to my car [...]
Posted in Lunch, Meat
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Coconut Bread
There is this lady at work who keeps preaching that “bathing suit season is right around the corner” (seriously). She will drop this bomb on anyone and everyone, from the beer delivery guy to the Laotian dishwashers. If you live by this doomsday mantra, this bread miiiight not be the best option for your beach [...]
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