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next-day beef salad {ffwd}
I have a favorite recipe for a salad made from grilled steak, with a Cuban flair. It’s long been my go-to summer recipe when there’s leftover steak in the fridge. It looks like this week’s recipe for...
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Cottage Cooking Club: June 2015
Finally after a long, long winter, fresh local vegetables are starting to be plentiful around these parts. Mostly what we’re seeing is Greens, Greens, and more Greens, though spring roots like...
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A New Project Afoot: Winter Salad {CtBF}
Last June, I finished a multi-year project of cooking through a cookbook (Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table). Through the process, my cooking skills and recipe repertoire expectedly expanded....
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You Can Teach a Dog New Tricks {CtBF}
It’s summer! I know we haven’t hit the summer solstice yet, but Memorial Day is the informal start date to summer in my mental calendar. Summer means lots of fresh vegetables and salads, salads,...
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Salad Mania {CtBF}
Now that it’s summer, it’s grilling season at my house. True confessions. I don’t do the grilling myself. Howard is 100% in charge. While he minds the grill, I take responsibility for all...
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Great(ed) Carrots {CtBF}
I can’t believe that Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday of the year) has already come and gone. We had a lovely visit and feast with Howard’s sister and her family in New Jersey. Everything was...
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Hey Summer, Where Are You?
It’s the first week of June, and it’s raw and rainy. I’m bundled in fleece because it’s only in the mid-50’s outside. I’m so ready for summer. I’d even settle for spring. At boot camp this morning,...
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Kitchen Imperfection {CtBF}
Based on the multitude of blogs in Internet land, it’s easy to feel inadequate in the kitchen. So many bloggers project an image of detailed menu planning, access to picture-perfect locally grown...
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Creative Crab {CtBF}
I’m a Maryland girl, so crab is in my blood. I grew up on summer crab feasts, the Maryland version of a New England clambake. Imagine a picnic table covered with newspaper and filled with whole...
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Easing into Autumn {CtBF} #EverydayDorie
Fall is settling in. Along with cooler weather, an urge to cook more hearty meals accompanies the seasonal change. Summer’s been all about grilling and salads, raw vegetable plates and tomato tarts...
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