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Fifth Floor
(5) RABBIT COMPOSITION Braised with glass noodles, sautéed with Meyer lemon and olives, sautéed foie gras, with Domaine Dujac Gevrey-Chambertin “Combettes,” Burgundy 1993 (Demi) (6) NIMAN RANCH PORK BELLY Poached slowly...
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Breakfast -- Always, Sometimes, or Never?
Sometimes. When I am on what most folks call a “normal” schedule, I go in streaks of daily breakfast alternating with sometimes breakfast. At home, preferred breakfast may be: - Special K with low fat lemon yogurt -...
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Help! What do I do with all the loose-leaf tea that I have that I don't LOVE?
Package in baskets w/ cups, cookies and chocolates as gifts for your friends. Or use for tea-smoked chicken, duck, etc. in your grill or smoker. It’s also fun to mix them up with spices, dried fruits and zest for creating...
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Do you travel with your kitchen?
they don’t sell parchment paper. I often find myself carting home fresh lemons, leafy greens, garlic, maple syrup, organic coffee, good cheese, and bread. Mostly because none of these things can be found reasonably close to...
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What else is your go to breakfast besides eggs?
there. they do things like pumpkin pecan waffles and blueberry/lemon/ricotta stuffed french toast. and they know how to make an egg cream. at home on the weekends i usually do eggs but with extras like...
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Favorite Cheese?
Mom’s staying with my cousin and I this week (husband’s out of town) so we’re tasting the cheeses we’ve had earmarked for the last few months. Last night was a lemon stilton. Oh my was that good. Crumbly...
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Urban Solace in San Diego
zest. For us the honey butter didn’t match at all with the biscuits. It sound as if they may have fiddled with the butter enough to get a somewhat better balance of flavors.
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Do you bring your own containers to restaurants?
I hardly think this is original — I’ve been thinking for a while now about the idea of using my own re-usable containers when we are out to any restaurant where there will likely be leftovers to take home. This is...
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Crave Restaurant and Wine Bar, Ansonia, CT YES!
in anchovy and lemon flavor for a “Classic Caesar” but the wonderful, garlicky croutons made up for it. The shaved parmesan was a nice touch, though I wouldn’t call it well-aged (i.e., expensive) cheese. Nevertheless, I am being...
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Zuni Cafe Cookbook: Seafood/ Poultry
’s with the lemons but tonight’s Zuni won out in a big way. I was really impressed with how moist and flavorful the breast meat was. The skin was great although I found it a bit too salty. Now that I’m familiar with the method I...
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Best Boston Burger
In the fancy burger category, I’ll nominate Houston’s “california” burger (which I don’t think is on the menu, but they keep making it for me). Good flavor and consistency to the meat, always cooked...
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The Great Buca Di Beppo debate
). The three best dishes that stand out in my memory are penne in a light cream sauce that had been flavored with fresh orange juice and orange zest (Rome), lasagna made with fresh pesto and bechamel sauce (Cinque Terre), and...
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Bottled water freakout
Instead of using the whole slice, try removing the peel from the orange and cutting it into strips. Twist the strip over the glass of water. Just like a twist of lemon in a tail. Thats going to be much more similar to the flavor...
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Restaurants everyone seems to love but you don't
were no better (though I remember beginning with a ginger lemon drink that was delicious). I couldn’t figure out if my palate had changed or if the restaurant had changed. Maybe a bit of both.
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Tradition vs. innovation: I'm chowish, he's not
something different with the rhubarb, inspired by something Id read in Alice Waters book: a compote made in the oven, with orange zest, orange juice and sugar, rather than the usual plain stewed rhubarb sauce we make...
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