Archive for September, 2009
Wine Resolution #3
Wine Resolution #3: Order the Cheapest Wine on a Restaurant’s Wine List
First things first. These photos are terrible, I know, but there’s only so much you can do with a flashless iPhone in a dimly lit restaurant, and it’s the only proof I have.
Last week I was in Washington DC for a work event, [...]
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Plum Galette
A while back I completely forgot I had plums in the fridge, so I scrambled to find something delicious to make with them. I scoured my e-mail files, then remembered that the September issue of Everyday Food had a great plum feature. Really – I wanted to make every one of the dishes.
It’s probably [...]
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A few days before I left for a business trip last week, A. and I walked to the Beverly Hills Farmer’s Market to pick up a few things for dinner. Armed with only our appetite and my food notebook nowhere in sight, we had to be spontaneous.
After walking by a lettuce stand and [...]
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Tomato and Goat Cheese Galettes
It’s been hot lately, so when my parents planned to visit for lunch last weekend, I wanted to serve light dishes that could be eaten at room temperature or made ahead. The first course was Vichyssoise, followed by these galettes and a healthy barley and herb salad.
We all recently saw Julia & Julia, and I [...]
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Vichyssoise
With all the buzz surrounding French cooking these days, (thanks, Julia!) I couldn’t help but try this classic, chilled soup. And the timing was right, since all summer I’ve wanted to find a soup fit for the season, something I could rely on any day of the week, for any occasion, and still be interesting [...]
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