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December 31, 2010

Is It Still Pumpkin Season? I Hope So! Because Here's One Stuffed with Everything Good!

So, here it is the last night of 2010 and I am posting about pumpkin...a pumpkin dish that we had last month, even. Is that wrong? I think one of my resolutions should be to post more! This is a recipe by Dorie Greenspan from her new book, Around My French Table, which I have …

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December 6, 2010

Squash Gnocchi with Thyme

This year, we purchased a Thanksgiving CSA Harvest Bag from Sun Gold Farm and while we did use a lot of our produce over Thanksgiving, there have been a few stragglers. This big Sweet Dumpling Squash was one such unused vegetable (we got four and I did use three in the roasted vegetable extravaganza). The …

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November 23, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

This year, I am trying to not overdo it. No, really! I'm not. I'm seriously restraining myself here. When there are two people for a Thanksgiving feast, you do not need a creamy baked dish. Or a third vegetable side. Or a ton of appetizers...Or two pies. This is what you need: Gougeres for an …

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October 29, 2010

FFwD5: Marie-Helene's Apple Cake

Okay, so I am just barely getting this in under the wire for French Fridays with Dorie and only because I live on the West Coast. If I were on Eastern time, I would be kind of screwed. But, hey it is still early Friday evening in Portland, so here we go. Yay! Things I …

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October 26, 2010

Honey-Thyme Ham Steak

I have dreamed of making a ham ever since I saw Alton Brown, on an episode of Good Eats, slather a country ham with mustard and crushed ginger snaps, and then squirt the whole thing down with bourbon. Wow, I thought. I want to do THAT! But, seriously, what do two people do with a …

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