It’s tough to maintain enthusiasm for anything when you’ve been doing it a while. I notice often the same menu items crop up again and again in what I’m cooking. It’s just easier that way. This week, though, I decided to branch out a little bit and serve up French fries in a method I [...]
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You should have awesome leftovers
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Get your kids into the kitchen (recipe: Mexican casserole)
Two nights ago my son helped out in the kitchen. He’s two and a half, and I’ve been including him in kitchen stuff forever. He first noticed, I think, at about three months. We cooked frittata together, and he was fascinated by the eggs. Before last night, he’d done a few things here and there [...]
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The joy of breakfast: western style omelet
I relish the weekend’s slow time, morning minutes spent dicing vegetables, rendering fat and crisping bacon. The luxury to dawdle in the kitchen, allowing eggs to come to temperature, to linger moments over a sizzling pan and get a bearing on the day. And I love the decadence of a perfect omelet. This past Saturday [...]
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Weekend pause (mid-day)
Weekends are tough. Not for dinner. There’s time for dinner. And certainly time for breakfast. Weekend mornings are great for breakfast. A slow prep in a well-lighted kitchen, the house waking into itself. We enjoy the scent of freshly brewed coffee and have time enough to pause and enjoy it. Eggs or oatmeal, French toast [...]
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