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Some friends came over for dinner last night and I decided I would go all out and make a multi-course extravaganza. We've been touting the excellence of Mark Bitterman's new book, Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes, to anyone who will listen so I made ...

4 medium cucumbers (mine were actually pickling cukes) 2 small zucchini 2 cloves garlic 3T lemon juice A small handful of basil 5-6 mint leaves salt and pepper Put all that in a blender or food processor and zap it until it's soup! I garnished with some chopped chives, a ...

I didn't eat meat for years. Not because of ethics or anything like that, I just stopped liking it. One day, a while back, I thought "BBQ chicken sounds good." Not the kind with barbecue sauce on it but herbed, marinated chicken. This is what I had and it's still ...

Exhausted from vacation...aren't they tiring? I had a chicken, I had leeks from my CSA, I have sage in the garden. That's a meal right there! 1 whole chicken 3 leeks, chopped 1/4 cup butter (sliced into pats) 10-12 sage leaves (4 leaves chopped, leave the rest whole) 1-2 T ...

Before: 2 leeks, chopped 2 green garlics, white and pale green parts, chopped 3 small carrots, diced Saute all that in some butter until everything is soft. Add 1 cup white wine and cook most of it off. 4 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped 4 c. chicken stock Add to ...

Whatever shall I make this week!?!? So many yummy choices! Can't wait to get cookin': Sprouts 'salad' mix - sunflower, pea, buckwheat, broccoli and radish Fuji apples Artichokes Red beets Cabbage Carrots Rainbow chard Collard "rapini" Green garlic Red Russian kale Leeks French breakfast radishes Rutabagas Strawberries ...

This is an easy, quick, yummy meal for those days that are just screaming for barbecue. This recipe is for 2 people. 2 trout fillets, each about 1/2 lb 4T Green Peppercorns Olive oil Salt Crust the peppercorns with a mortar and pestle if you have one or zap them ...

Update (February 2013) I've changed my approach to pho, now with more pork because that's always better! Take 3-4 lbs of pork bones and roast them in the oven at 400° until they are golden. Put that in a pot with 6-8 cups of water instead of the chicken stock ...

I was putting pictures of this dish on Twitter, but decided it was so good I needed to put a detailed recipe up. Take one can garbanzo beans, rinse, and stir in two or three tablespoons lemon juice, a minced garlic clove, and some good olive oil. Set that aside ...