December 2010
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As great as meatloaf is straight from the oven, we like it even better the next day in a dense and soul satisfying sandwich. Stacked between toasted bread, these four simple ingredients — meatloaf, bacon, lettuce, tomato — put smiles on our faces every time we chow down on them.
We’ve found the key to a super moist meatloaf is the use of a secondary binder or panade —...
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Chicken Soup
We’re still digging ourselves out of this season’s first wintry blizzard. Happily, we made this fortifying soup just last night, and had plenty left over for today.
Method:
1 whole chicken
6 bay leaves
10 black peppercorns
1 head garlic, top removed
extra virgin olive oil
2 onions, peeled and chopped
4 cloves garlic, peeled
4 large carrots, peeled and sliced
4 celery...
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Peter's Banana Bread
This tasty quick bread is perfect as is, spread with a salted butter or slathered with a tart apricot jam.
Things have been oddly quiet this last week ‘round these parts. With the passing of Peter Smith-Kingsley, our beloved family dog of almost nine years, we’ve realized just how big a role he played in our lives and what a gap he leaves in our hearts and home. We know we should...
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Mushroom Gratin
Nothing beats back the chill of a December afternoon like a toasty mushroom gratin.
On Saturday afternoon we puttered about the Stockton Farmer’s Market with Owen and our pals, Rick P. and Brian R.
The stalls were piled high with the last of the season’s produce, golden pain epi and other baked goods, crumbly cheeses and seafood from our favorite fishmonger. One vendor had a...
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