Entries Tagged as 'greens'

grilled peaches

September 22nd, 2008 · 38 Comments

since i believe in the law of averages, and my last post was a novella (bless those of you that read…), i give to you the grilled peach in 100 words. i sat these georgia beauties cut side down in some olive oil and then sprinkled them with a good flakey salt. after a trip […]

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Tags: dessert · fish · fruit · greens

not feeding/feeding

September 19th, 2008 · 781 Comments

               my rss feeder broke.  and i didn’t realize it for 3 months.  mostly because i (still) don’t even understand what exactly an rss feeder is, or what it does – talk about being oh so techno savvy… but my stat’s were dropping off and well, try as i might to just ignore the cold […]

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Tags: bad · baking · beans · bread · cheese · chicken · dessert · fish · fruit · greens · local · mexican · not food · pasta · pizza · polenta · potatoes · tomatoes · travel · vegetables · wine

ramp risotto

May 8th, 2008 · 1,768 Comments

i just read that ‘nothing piques the passion of the seasonally obsessed chef like ramps‘.  they have a short season and a cult following, and rightly so.  these baby wild leeks boast a sweet but complex taste that falls somewhere between onions and garlic only much better.  much much better… and hey, lest i digress…  could someone out there […]

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Tags: greens · risotto

lemon oregano chicken with parmigiano polenta

November 1st, 2007 · 7 Comments

here on the day after the last day of october, and for the record,�let me just put forth that i am the halloween grinch, which more or less goes with my overall dislike for kids.� ok ok – all you great folks out there with beloved children… i’m just not the one dying to hold […]

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Tags: chicken · greens · polenta

3 greens, sweet potato and chorizo stew

October 29th, 2007 · 708 Comments

eating down the house.� continued… i read a fair few blogs and am constantly inspired by these people who understand food so well.� it certainly makes cooking easier on me.� tonight i riffed off one of my all-time fave blogs, smitten kitchen and enlisted a touch of help from minimally invasive (orange zest/pimenton = wow). […]

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Tags: greens · pork · potatoes

eating down the house

October 19th, 2007 · 12 Comments

i buy food.  often.  esoteric ingredients are my game.  a real chef would love my pantry but i’m just a mere wannabe.  yet i continue to believe that if i own all these potential elements of a dish that i will be able to transform my meals into something extraordinary.  you see, when it comes to cooking, i’m not big on technique. […]

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Tags: farro · greens · seafood

orecchiette with sausage and rapini

September 1st, 2007 · 6 Comments

saw it.� had to do it.� and it’s so not about me except to say that i followed directions, barely veering – and if i may say, i did a bang up job. for any and all info please go and visit the woman who once again made it all possible – jennifer of ‘last […]

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Tags: greens · pasta · pork