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Recipe: Harvest Sushi
Though associated with raw fish, sushi can be far more diverse and veg-friendly than you might think. Â In fact, one of the best ways to deal with any leftovers or lonely fridge veggies is rolling them in rice! Here is one of my favorite ways of reinventing this niche nosh:Â harvest sushi! Â What you’ll need: 1 […]
Recipe: Almond Wedding Cake
This recipe is the fan-favorite almond layer of a LEGO groom’s cake we concocted for a recent family wedding, but you don’t have to be getting married to enjoy this engagingly sweet treat! You don’t even need fondant or frosting when making your own; it’s already a perfect matrimony of almond paste and corn cake! What you’ll […]
Recipe: Corn-Cut Pie Dough
This is my go-to dough for all things pies, tarts, or galettes!  The coarsely cut corn meal gives it the textured tasty charm of something Grandma would make. What you’ll need: 1 ¼ Cups all-purpose flour ¼ Cup yellow corn meal ¼ teaspoon salt 5 Tablespoons COLD butter 3 Tablespoons COLD shortening 4 – 6 Tablespoons COLD water […]
Recipe: Superbowl Chili Time!
We can’t exactly claim it’s been a cold winter, but freezing or not, there is one food that demands the spotlight in the colder months… CHILI! There are just about as many variations on chili as there are people to eat it… bottom line, you can’t mess it up. So feel free to do what […]
Pie Recipe: “Grape Expectations”
Eating for a good cause is always fun, particularly if you’re eating pie. For the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Pie Bake-Off Benefit, we not only ate our way through scores of delicious recipes to benefit the efforts of Don’t Flush Me (a NYC water pollution awareness project), but we also joined in with our very own pie […]
Snow Treats
What better way to take advantage of winter’s culinary offerings than with the eating of nature-provided snow. But does the flavor of raw snow lack the excitement you seek in a snow-based snack? Is the syrupy soda flavoring of a snow cone a bit too low brow? Add some haute cuisine to your snow noshing […]
Cold Fighting Food
Brian and I were both under the weather for much of last week, so meals were chosen for their cold-fighting and sinus-clearing qualities. Here are two vegetarian alternatives to chicken soup: Vegetarian Tom Yum Soup Tom Yum is a popular Thai dish that claims immune-boosting properties. Though not usually vegetarian, this recipe has all the […]
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Date-Bites
Never bad company here. Â These tasty treats are a sweet, neat, and easy feat. What you’ll need: 10 – 12 Pitted Dates (soaked and dried) 1/4 – 1/2 Cups ground almonds 1/2 cup dark chocolate for melting 1/2 Tablespoon of butter Pinch of cayenne pepper Full almonds for garnish Step one: Soak the dates in […]
Recipe: Turkish Tacos