How did Steve Jobs go from the guy who lived in his parents’ garage to the guy that changed the world? No seriously, I would love to find out. American Airlines was playing a documentary about him on my flight the other week, and we landed in Boston before I could find out his secrets. [...]
Category Archives: Rice, Grains, and Pasta
Wild Rice Salad
Phew! Had a busy week pretending to be a professional caterer so blogging got stuck on the back burner along with working out and brushing my teeth (are personal hygiene jokes ever funny?). As we speak, I’m adding a new page to my baby-book entitled “Binny’s First Catering Gig” and I’m splattering it with béchamel [...]
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Coconut Curried Rice
So nobody told me that in order to get married, you have to actually plan a wedding. It’s like waking up from a deep sleep and realizing that you’re lying on a slow motion conveyor belt, heading straight towards a giant shredder or ferocious pair of metallic jaws. Even if I hired Jennifer Lopez to [...]
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Arugula Pesto
Arugula Pesto. It’s surprisingly just as delicious if not more delicious than the standard summer basil pesto. When you’re stuck in February and basil isn’t growing with reckless abandon, arugula pesto is the way to go. You can spread it on bruschetta, mix it with pasta, put it in sandwiches… it’s almost as versatile as [...]
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Rigatoni with Spinach, Carrots and Creamed Corn…
… and bacon. I had to add bacon. Sorry it’s just so delicious. And what is creamed corn without a little pork product thrown in there? But this isn’t really creamed corn… it’s more of a corn sauce, with milk instead of cream. But “rigatoni with milky corn sauce” didn’t sound good at all so [...]
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Mushroom and Leek Risotto
Baltimore is apparently preparing for a nuclear war, or three inches of snow… I can’t tell anymore. There were approximately 20 katrillion people at Whole Foods this morning stocking up for full-throttle hibernation. I guess they take their snow flurries seriously down here. Amidst the festive snow fever, I got the urge to make something [...]
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Irish Oatmeal Soufflé (with cranberries!)
Ahhh, oatmeal. One of life’s basic pleasures. At least, I used to think it was basic. I thought oatmeal was intrinsically basic, could only be basic. It’s oatmeal, for pete’s sake. Mush. Gruel. Food, glorious food. Throw it in some hot water and you’re done, right? Well, my whole simple-oatmeal-world was turned upside down last [...]
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Celery Root and Butternut Squash Curry
If you’re a stranger to the Moosewood Cookbooks, allow me to make a long-overdue introduction. Delicious, healthy, vegetarian cooking (authored by Mollie Katzen, a flavor wizard), Moosewood deserves an honored place in any kitchen library. Luckily for my taste buds, Mom has been a Moosewood disciple for decades. And luckier still for my cookbook collection, [...]
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Quinoa with Butternut Squash and Walnuts
Butternut Squash. It doesn’t get any more autumnal than that. I used to shy away from this stuff because I was introduced to squash in the form of an under-seasoned and fibrous puree. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right amount of salt (and I like to add a touch of [...]
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Shrimp with Orzo, Tomato, Cantaloupe, and Corn
lottery When produce is this good, it’s hard to really mess things up. Find a ripe tomato, find some summer corn, throw them together, how can that taste bad? I thought I’d experiment with this reckless-summer-cooking urge and hit up a local farm stand for inspiration. Red onion? Throw it in the mix! Intensely juicy [...]
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