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  • What Soup Are You Cooking on Repeat?

    What Soup Are You Cooking on Repeat?

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    Hey food blog friends, now that I’m up and blogging again I wanted to hear from you! What soup are you making the most these days? Here’s mine: I made it for lunch last week and I made it for lunch again yesterday and it’s so good. Step one: sauté an onion or two in…

  • Sauce Week: What’s Your Favorite Sauce Recipe?

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    Hey folks! Are you having a good Sauce Week? There are still plenty of posts coming–two pesto posts, two hot sauce posts, two more chef posts and a post about Jean-Georges’ caper raisin sauce (which I served on top of scallops and cauliflower, yum)–but in the meantime, I’d like to know: What’s YOUR favorite sauce…

  • Your Perth and Sydney Recs

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    [image via Wexas Travel] You guys: I just had a moment where I glanced at my calendar and saw that two weeks from tomorrow, I’m flying to Australia. I mentioned this to you before but the trip seemed so far away when I wrote that; and now the trip is right there on the horizon…

  • Hey, So How Do You Open A Restaurant?

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    Don’t get excited: I’m not thinking about opening a restaurant. But! I have a really good restaurant name in mind (based on a nickname for my friend Diana who, in my fantasy, opens this imaginary restaurant with me here in L.A.; again, it’s just a fantasy, stop getting excited!). I realized, though, in having this…

  • I’m Scared To Grill

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    Finally, I have an apartment with a shared backyard where I could get a Weber grill. Not only that, there already IS a Weber grill out there that my neighbor says I can use. And also? I have a bag of charcoal that I bought last year because I thought I could get a Weber…

  • Do You Really Speak To The Manager?

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    Mario Batali’s been responding to his “haters” on Twitter lately, asking people who complain about bad experiences at Babbo or Del Posto if they bothered to speak to management. The message seems to be: “If you’re unhappy, give us a chance to do something about it.” And while Batali should be commended for acknowledging his…

  • BBQ vs. Cookout

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    My friends Nick and Jason got into an argument recently about the definition of “Barbeque/Barbecue/BBQ.” Jason, who’s from Texas, insists that Nick is “dead wrong” for using “barbecue” as a verb for grilling in general. “A social gathering around a grill is a ‘cookout,’” says Jason. Nick, who like me is from the North, counters…

  • What Time Do You Eat Dinner?

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    What time do you eat dinner? My grandparents, who live in Delray Beach, Florida, are definite Early Birders. And having spent my teenage years in Boca Raton, I was familiar with the early dinner. My parents usually eat, on weeknights, around 6 o’clock when my dad gets home from work. Craig and I eat later…

  • The Great Cottage Cheese Dinner Challenge

    The Great Cottage Cheese Dinner Challenge

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    In good stories, a character changes. So, for example, if you’re watching a movie about a guy who’s afraid of heights but his girlfriend is being held hostage at the top of Mount Everest, we expect him to get over his fear in order to save her. If he decides to just leave her there…

  • Do Any Young People Eat Cottage Cheese?

    Do Any Young People Eat Cottage Cheese?

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    When I think “cottage cheese” I think of my grandmother who would greet me, growing up, with an offer of diet chocolate soda (she stocked that stuff like it came from the fountain of youth) and cottage cheese with sugar and cinnamon. The texture of cottage cheese was so foul to me that when choosing…