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  • Sweet Summer Corn with Bacon and Balsamic Onions

    Sweet Summer Corn with Bacon and Balsamic Onions

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    Becoming a good cook is a little bit like becoming a good musician: at a certain point, you can glance at a recipe–the way a pianist might glance at a piece of sheet music–and know what it’s going to taste like, just like the pianist knows what it’s going to sound like. That’s a real…

  • The Best Way To Cook Farro

    The Best Way To Cook Farro

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    Talking about the best way to cook farro is a bit like talking about the best place to have a colonoscopy; useful information, perhaps, but not anything to get excited about. Hey, I shared your feelings until I had the privilege of cooking with the great American chef Suzanne Goin at the LA Times Book…

  • Scrambled Eggs with Sausage, Tomatoes, & Pecorino

    Scrambled Eggs with Sausage, Tomatoes, & Pecorino

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    My grandfather, who celebrated his birthday this week (Happy Birthday, Grandpa!), reads my blog on his Kindle only he can’t see anything past the jump. (We’ve tried to fix it; can’t figure it out.) So as a birthday treat for him, here’s a whole post in one paragraph. It’s a recipe I came up with…

  • Casual Crostata

    Casual Crostata

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    If you’ve been reading me for a while, you know I tend to make a huge stink about pie dough. How I can’t roll it out, how I don’t have the magic touch (like Craig’s dad), how even after learning all of the rules–keep things cold, move the dough around as you roll it–it rarely…

  • Chicken with Plums, Zucchini with Almonds

    Chicken with Plums, Zucchini with Almonds

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    A few times now I’ve mentioned the technique of searing a chicken breast–skin-on, bone-in–in a skillet with hot olive oil, skin-side down, flipping it over when golden brown, finishing it in the oven, removing it from the pan and making a sauce with the brown bits on the bottom, something to deglaze those brown bits,…

  • The Right Way To Eat A Muffin

    The Right Way To Eat A Muffin

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    This morning I decided to treat myself to a blueberry muffin from the Village Bakery right here in Atwater Village. As I began to eat the muffin, it occurred to me that there’s a right way and a wrong way to eat a muffin. For example, if you were new to America and you’d never…

  • How To Turn Leftovers Into Frittatas

    How To Turn Leftovers Into Frittatas

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  • Look Who Made My Rainbow Cookie Cake

    Look Who Made My Rainbow Cookie Cake

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    A month or two ago, I noticed someone named @TheRealJimParsons following me on Instagram. Since the internet is a strange place, I figured, “that can’t really be the real Jim Parsons, three-time Emmy winner, it must be a fake Real Jim Parsons.” But then I noticed that all of the pictures @TheRealJimParsons posted were pictures…

  • Chicken and Multi-Colored Carrots in Tangerine Sauce

    Chicken and Multi-Colored Carrots in Tangerine Sauce

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    Monday night is healthy dinner night. I don’t drink wine, even if Craig makes a stink and opens a bottle in protest. I don’t make dessert, even if he begs for my famous chocolate chip cookies. What I do, on Monday night, is penance for all of the ridiculous things I ate over the weekend…

  • Ten Things You Should Never Serve At A Dinner Party

    Ten Things You Should Never Serve At A Dinner Party

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    Let me begin by saying that anyone who invites you over for dinner is doing you a favor. Without question, hosting dinner is hard work–the shopping, the prepping, the actual cooking, plus the cleaning–and anyone who takes it upon themselves to do all of that for you deserves your gratitude. That said, sometimes somebody invites…