For Thanksgiving one year, my whole family rented a house at the Jersey Shore for a reunion. My job was providing dinner rolls. The nieces’ and nephews’ eyes got round when they saw me mixing flour, water and yeast. I put the sponge on top of the fridge and let it bubble, and then later […]
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At my local grocery store the other day, a group of customers surged around the fish counter. ‘I’ll take three,’ one man said. ‘Heck, at that price, I’ll take six!’ Behind the counter a huge iced stack of Dungeness Crabs was being scooped into plastic bags. I looked into my basket at the gathered lasagna […] There is a time of the year, dependent upon the summer’s weather, when pears are plentiful on our two pear trees. Fat, ripe pears, too plentiful to be used all at once. The trends of Northwest weather are squirrelly enough that we are never sure when that might happen, but it always happens nonetheless, either […] Here’s a nice recipe for the runup to Christmas. On a cold day, it will make you feel comfy, and baking it will make your house smell wonderful. Serve it warm with whipped cream for a tasty dessert! Ginger Bread Ginger Bread Makes 2 loaves […] In a Ligurian delicatessen, with the Mediterranean sun streaming in from the nearby Golfo dei Poeti, one of the festive goodies on the shelves close to a big display counter was bright red peppers stuffed with tuna paste and preserved in olive oil. They were presented in whimsical bottles of assorted shapes and sizes, all […] The best fish alternative to fillet mignon! Pearl Harbor day. There’s not a huge amount of meaning for my generation except that it put us squarely into World War II. And It’s got me craving tuna. I’ve been craving Ahi Tuna, the way I stumbled on making it the day after my first […] |
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