Roasted Japanese eggplants with feta, mint and onion
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Last fall we drove out of the city for a foliage-bedecked long weekend getaway in the Berkshires with our friends and their adorable Westie. Along with a (...)
This dish might be more accurately called "spices we happened to have around one day" chicken. We usually don't keep curry powder or Garam Masala on hand, so (...)
Pan-Seared Scallops with Cilantro Lemon Butter Sauce
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When we moved to Prospect-Lefferts Gardens a few months ago, we were pleasantly surprised to learn aboutParkside Greenmarket, a small but high-quality farmer's (...)
Late Summer Fusilli with Sautéed Squash and Chicken Sausage
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This dish is a nice segue from summer to fall, incorporating late-summer vegetables into a meal hearty enough for a chilly evening. Chicken sausage keeps (...)
Mimi's Hummusin Ditmas Park, a neighborhood just south of us, has some of the best Mediterranean food we've ever had. On our first visit, we ordered an amazing (...)
What do you do when you've got a bushel of corn from the farmer's market and aren't feeling steamed corn on the cob yet again?If you have a few chilies and a (...)
Our friend Lana makes beautiful YouTube videos on microwaveable mug cakes--instant gratification desserts. We collaborated on a video recipe for fish tacos (...)
What do you do when you have 6 lbs of dried cranberries leftover from a cranberry muffin recipe development assignment?You make kale salad.Salad recipes are (...)
Classy semolina pancakes with macerated blackberries
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All too often pancakes are cloyingly sweet and anemic in texture. When we take the time to griddle some for breakfast (like during the 4th of July holiday (...)
Chicken breast usually sucks. Once you take it off the bone and remove the skin, you're basically looking at protein-rich sawdust unless you brine and deep-fry (...)
How to stain and finish a rustic kitchen island with ikea groland
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The IKEA GROLAND in all its naked birch gloryCounter space is a luxury in city apartments. In our kitchen, the dish rack has dibs on the only actual built-in (...)
If carbonara and mac and cheese had a baby, this would be it. Seven eggs might sound crazy, but this dish is super filling with fewer calories than traditional (...)
Long time no see. We've been on hiatus during the past few months because of new jobs and new apartments (still in NYC--now in Brooklyn), but we're back. In (...)
Grilled lamb burgers with tzatziki and pickled red onions
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When we make a classic hamburger, we like to keep it simple—just coarsely ground meat, salt, and pepper, with no crazy sauces. Anything else feels wrong. So (...)
We’re taking advantage of the last gasps of warm(ish) weather to post our favorite tomato preparation. Though this salad has a few more ingredients than your (...)
You may know dolmas (stuffed grape leaves) as the mysterious, tubular garnishes that you leave untouched when you order a Greek salad. This dish is similar in (...)
Several months ago, our good friend Dana (her adorable husky Nikolai is featured in this pictureof us) asked us if we took requests; she wanted us to make (...)
The cherry pitter tops any list of kitchen tools taking up valuable space in your kitchen; it gathers dust in the pantry for about 10 months out of the year (...)
This is the dish to impress your friends in less time than it takes to suffer through an episode of Girls. You'll be pleased with your ability to make a (...)
This is an unexpectedly impressive dish for what basically boils down to an Asian vegan pasta salad. It is perfectly balanced and even can be considered (...)
We've been grilling almost daily since our AC broke last week, so it was only a matter of time until we had our fill of steak, burgers, and ribs and moved on (...)
Chipotle-Inspired Salad with Pan-Roasted Hanger Steak
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I crave Chipotle steak salads all the time. My typical order is lettuce/steak/fajita vegetables/extra fajita vegetables/black beans/no rice/corn salad/all the (...)
This recipe came out of an idea to combine Caprese salad and tabbouleh, omitting regular couscous and substituting the far superior Israeli version.Regular (...)
