The refrigerator is suffering from in-between celebration emptiness. A lonely cabbage sits there with a nice head of garlic, a elderly chunk of fontina and some grated parm. And yet it’s enough to create a world of comfort because I have a package of Pizzoccheri
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The most robust cookbook category this year is Baking. Here are some of my favorites. I should say that in my opinion each of these books will become classics that last. Huckleberry by Zoe Nathan and Laurel If you live in LA you’ve eaten there. What more is
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It all started with a Napoleon. And a desire for a cocktail after dinner. The Napoleon, uneaten, and so taken away in a box from a late lunch at Petit Trois was the itch, scratching my brain. It's eggy vanilla aroma permeates the car on the way
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Maybe you come from a family that prepares just the right amount of food to feed everyone. I’ve always admired that. That has never happened in my house. If there isn’t enough to feed three to four to ten people who “drop by” then there
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Sometimes you want a gallette instead of a pie. You're shocked hearing that from me? Well, don't be. Apparently I enabled a gallette to be the winning "pie" at the last pie contest. And you know why? Because of the increased caramelization possibilities of more
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