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Potatoes a la Katie
I have a complicated relationship with my older sister. It all started from the first day my parents brought me home as a newborn. They said, “Katie, your new little brother is here.” She
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How to Make a Proper Hamburger
Roughly one year ago my family had the good fortune to attend a cookout on the shore of Friends Lake in upstate New York. The grilled options ranged from venison chorizo sausage (from a
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Homemade Bacon
One of my greatest discoveries over the past two years is homemade bacon. I don’t mean that crap you buy at a farmers market or an organic grocery store that they make on site
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Roasted Beet Salad with Mandarin Orange and Basil
I’ve had this idea floating around in my head recently that you could take a nicely roasted red beet, cut it into a rectangle, roll it in bread crumbs, brown the sides in a
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Couscous with Broccoli, Garlic Scapes and Squash Blossom
“Garlic Scapes? These look like something you would pluck from Medusa’s head.” “How do they taste?” “Like garlic.” Introducing a new ingredient into the kitchen can be intimidating. You don’t know where it has
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Three Summer Recipes
Fluke Ceviche with Radish, Spring Onion and Mint We’ve all been there. It’s 85 degrees, excessively humid, the AC is out and you’ve just worked a long day. At this point, the last thing
Read More »Spring Hash with Lamb, Asparagus, and Red Onion
I normally try to avoid getting fanatically seasonal when it comes to ingredients, but when good asparagus starts to roll around sometime during the middle of spring, I can’t help myself. I’m sure if
Read More »Chris’s Pasta
Easter Sunday dinners typically evoke images of juicy roasted ham, succulent leg of lamb or tender pot roast. What better way to celebrate the resurrection of Christ than with meat on the bone? When
Read More »Sesame Seared Ahi Glaze with Wasabi-Ginger Dipping Sauce
For many years, I revered restaurant-produced ahi tuna dishes as exotic mysteries, rare delicacies far beyond my own merely mortal culinary powers. There was one in particular – a sesame-encrusted seared ahi with a
Read More »Popeye Potatoes
Truly a side dish for the meal of a man’s man, this recipe combines the hearty, filling quality of potatoes, the savory saltiness of bacon and the novelty of believing spinach will give you
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