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Two Fourth of July Dips

2014-07-04T05:03:53+02:00

Real Salsa and Yuppie Salsa A good friend, whom I’m lucky enough to have live just a block away, holds a Fourth of July barbecue every year. The Fourth also (...)

Pickled peppers

2014-06-01T02:37:49+02:00

Okay, so way way too late for Passover. Actually, this last Passover I basically cooked an entire meal for thirty people practically by myself so I didn’t have (...)

Blood Orange Liqueur

2014-03-31T22:28:57+02:00

The first time I’d even heard of blood oranges I was in Rome on a school choir trip my senior year of high school. We had a free hour before dinner, and I’d (...)

Slivovitz plum infusion recipe

2014-01-21T06:05:10+01:00

I’d bought the last of the summer plums at the farmer’s market and hauled them home. I’d combined them with sugar, vodka, lemon peel, and spices, and then (...)

Wine Jelly

2014-01-16T00:23:05+01:00

The guy working at my wine store looked at me like I had two heads when I told him I needed a dry white to make wine jelly out of. The guys who work at my wine (...)

Apple Jelly

2014-01-14T23:21:35+01:00

I kept thinking on Nietzsche while I was making this jelly. My boyfriend and I had gone to the farm, picked the apples from the trees, and then hauled them all (...)

Membrillo Paste

2013-12-19T03:38:38+01:00

When it comes to sweets, I harbor a special love for all things chewy. From Swedish Fish and Twizzlers to Dutch salt licorice and pate de fruit. With the (...)

Thanksgiving Hanukkah Doughnuts

2013-11-28T19:29:37+01:00

I have never been that big a fan of Thanksgiving: lots of mediocre food, mediocre relatives, and hours and hours of boredom sitting around waiting to eat a not (...)

Bluefish with plantain, hot slaw and salsa verde from palo santo

2013-10-11T04:38:14+02:00

We’ve been going to Palo Santo in Park Slope since they first opened their doors years ago. I think it’s the best restaurant in the neighborhood, and that’s (...)

Peanut Butter

2013-10-11T03:29:25+02:00

One summer at camp, a counselor who hailed from Sweden looked over at the peanut butter and jelly sandwich I’d made at lunchtime, and exclaimed, “What an (...)