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June 8, 2008

WCC 29: Ripe Tomato Stack with Pine Nuts & Mozzarella

This month's Weekend Cookbook Challenge is all about salads. The theme was picked by Mike of Mel's Diner and he's hosting this month. Yay, Mike! This theme sounds like a job for my newest cookbook, How to Eat Supper by Lynne Rosetto Kasper and Sally Swift. You know, The Splendid Table people. This was one …

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June 5, 2008

Oh, Look, It's the Wedding Recap

Yep, the post we've all been fearing. No, not really! It's just taken some time to get the photos and then I got distracted trying to get some MyPublisher books together and I forgot to post here. Oops. First off, our awesome photographer was Christina Gilchrist and we loved her. Her prices were reasonable and …

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June 2, 2008

Weekend Bread Experiment: Fig and Fennel Bread

I am not scared of making substitutions in recipes. That might be either a good or bad thing, I'm not sure. For instance, the original recipe here called for bread flour and rye flour. What did I use? AP flour and wheat flour. Eh, why not?! Anyway, I was pretty pleased with the results. This …

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May 28, 2008

Bulgur Salad with Green Onion Vinaigrette Plus Some Salmon

Another vegetarian post? Why yes, yes it is, although, there's a little bit of salmon at the end. It's more of an omnivorous post. So, I have never been a huge fan of tabouleh but I may have to rethink that position after making this dish. The vinaigrette is really good...like get a straw good. …

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May 22, 2008

WCC 28: Provencal Vegetable Soup (Soupe au Pistou)

Ah, May's Weekend Cookbook Challenge. I almost missed it too, as we just got back from the honeymoon on Tuesday night. I actually kind of doubted I was going to make this and get the post together by the due date. I surprised myself. And quickly, speaking of the honeymoon, we had a fabulous time. …

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