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Eggplant Parmesan
Eggplants. I love the look of them and the texture and flavor. In Chinese restaurants, I love the garlic, pork, and eggplant dish that I first had 20 years ago. (Hmmm… I should probably try to make that one day.) In the meantime, I satisfy my eggplant craving at home with eggplant Parmesan. In the…
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Easy Spaghetti Sauce from Canned Tomatoes and Sauce
I love a sauce made from fresh tomatoes as much as anyone, but in the winter… I refuse to buy tomatoes in the winter as they’re so tasteless and of dubious texture. I grow tomatoes in the summer and would rather do without when they’re like cardboard. But canned tomatoes are of decent quality to…
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Fried Chicken, Asparagus, Baked Potato
I had bought real buttermilk recently. (Usually I use the powdered stuff for pancakes and coffee cakes and such.) I had also thawed a whole chicken. I was originally planning on roasting it whole, but upon spying the buttermilk I remembered a great chicken cutlet recipe with buttermilk and thought I could do something similar…
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Braised Leek Gratin
We finally had a few dry days around here so I was able to get out into the yard and begin to get caught up on the gardening chores. The vegetable garden was looking pretty forlorn, as I hadn’t even torn out the old tomato plants yet. I got that done, dug up the last…
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Boston.com / A&E / Food / Food bloggers chronicle their delicious obsessions
Boston.com / A&E / Food / Food bloggers chronicle their delicious obsessions Fun article on food blogs here. Always fun to see people you “know” (or feel like you do!).