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During my visit to Boston last weekend a friend of mind took me to the Parish Café. The conditions weren't ideal: I had already indulged in brunch with my high school girlfriends and consumed a soft-serve ice cream J.P. Licks. But I took the liberty of Read More...
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Like a lot of lucky people my mom deserved her luck, but she was famous for two disasters. The first happened in Holland, when she went to buy henna, came back with weed killer (due, ok, to a whimsical appreciation of the Dutch language that didn't entail Read More...
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Every time I make a shrimp dish, I have to decide if I am going to devein the little guys myself or pay extra for the elite, pre-deveined critters. Inevitably, I opt to do it myself so I can save a little money. I know it's a time-consuming and slimy Read More...
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Getting children to taste new (and generally, more healthy) foods is an age-old battle. (Shameless plug: Buy a copy of editor-in-chief Tanya Steel's Real Food for Healthy Kids and try the Extreme Granola.) But what about picky eaters who are adults? When Read More...
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Today I finally hacked my way through the freezer to create room for edible food. I had to toss freezer-burned waffles, something that looked like deformed, wizened chicken, an ice brick with a weird plastic-coated substance inside, and an ice pop that Read More...
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Our memories of a place are all tied up with our tastebuds and most people can name the one city where they first discovered food, in a serious, dedicated way. I can't cough up any elegantly Proustian memories when I think of the years Tommy and I lived Read More...
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Have you always wanted to make jambalaya? Experiment with choux pastry? Even editors at the top food Web site have secret culinary ambitions. Here, 10 cooking goals confessed by Epicurious staffers: Okay. I would love to be to make amazing crispy French Read More...
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I recently received an announcement that September is National Mushroom month and while this doesn't mean I'm going to plan an all-out mushroom fest, I admit it has put the beloved fungus on my mind. I'm rather fond of mushrooms. My current favorite is Read More...
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I never thought I would say this, but last Monday two friends of mine and I underwent a cleanse. What was required: Giving up coffee (I drink at least three cups a day), dairy (my middle name is dairy), alcohol (did somebody say wi-no), and all animal Read More...
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The approved buzzword for the summer of 2008 was, of course, the cloying (but all buzzwords are, after they've been buzzing too long) "staycation," a term that became so omnipresent it seemed branded. Though at least it was better than last year's mancation, Read More...
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For almost 10 years, I eschewed meat, poultry, and seafood. But in the past few years, I've started considering myself a quasi-vegetarian since I started eating some seafood and I've got to say, French onion soup tastes best when it's made from a beef Read More...
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It was Friday night (last week) and I was out to dinner with two girlfriends. We were finishing up, sipping our end-of-the-meal coffees. As we asked for the check, a bearded older man who had been sitting by himself came over and asked us if we would Read More...
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Have you ever looked at your hands after eating a bag of Cheetos and wondered: Why isn't there a word for this weird residue on my fingertips? Me neither, but I'm still glad to know that someone out there has. The word is cheedle. And it is just one of Read More...
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Anybody who's been to the James Beard House in New York knows that Beard, who has been called the father of American cookery, knew how to enjoy life. Beard's former home, which now hosts dinners cooked by leading chefs from around the world, features Read More...
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I live next door to a community garden. And I'm rather lucky because my roommates and I share a small plot in which we grow some vegetables and herbs. It's a shame that I don't get to spend as much time as I'd like in the garden but when I do, I try to Read More...
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