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Author Archives: Robin
Spicy Corn Cakes
Today I am celebrating with spicy corn cakes from my first book, Campfire Cuisine. I can hardly believe that this book, my first “baby,” turned seven years old on May 1. And like any parent, I can’t help but wonder where … Continue reading
Baked Eggs in a Crunchy Potato Crust
“Mama, you know what I call you?” my four-year-old asked me today. I shook my head and crossed my fingers, hoping I wasn’t in store for more preschool-style potty humor. “My insistent,” he said. “Do you know what insistents do? … Continue reading
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Tagged baked eggs, eggs in potato crust, gluten free breakfast recipe, gluten free brunch recipe, gluten free egg recipe, gluten free quiche gluten free, mother's day, mother's day breakfast in bed, mother's day eggs, mothers day brunch, mothers day brunch dish, mothers day recipe, mothers day recipe idea, potato crust
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How to Use a Slow Cooker
I’m a sucker for a good gadget, or, well, let’s be honest, any gadget (that’s what “sucker” means, right?) When I got my first Crock Pot, it was no doubt thanks to some marketing lackey’s storyboard fiction: Place random boring … Continue reading
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Brazilian Cheese Bread or Pão de Queijo
With a blog constantly in need of filling, you can bet that we’re always on the lookout for interesting new recipes. You wouldn’t think that a preschool would be a hotbed of gourmet food, but when my son’s Brazilian preschool … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Baking, Recipes, Side Dishes, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged brazilian cheese bread, brazilian cheese puff, cheddar, cotija, easter side, gluten free cheese bread recipe, gluten-free, gluten-free snacks, gougere, gougeres, Gruyere, kosher for passover, Pão de Queijo, parmesan, tapioca, tapioca flour, tapioca starch
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Magical Chawan Mushi (Japanese Savory Egg Custard)
I was about to start this post talking about how cold and miserable San Francisco can be, but then I remembered that I can’t stand it when people belabor the fact that San Francisco is cold and damp. I mean, … Continue reading
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Tagged chawan mushi, chawan mushi recipe, chawanmushi, dashi, david chang, easy chawan mushi recipe, enoki, enoki mushrooms, harumi's japanese home cooking, homemade chawan mushi, how to make chawan mushi, how to make chawanmushi, ikura, japanese cooking, japanese egg custard, japanese home cooking, japanese savory egg custard, momofuku, recipe for chawan mushi, salmon roe, savory egg custard, simple chawan mushi recipe
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Maple-Glazed Bacon Beignets
On the heels of my earlier success with homemade sufganiyot and a recent taste of Applewood-Smoked Bacon Beignets with Maple Crème Fraiche at Melissa Perillo’s San Francisco restaurant, Frances, I’ve been obsessing about fried balls of dough. As foodie obsessions … Continue reading
How to Roast a Chicken: A Shockingly Easy, Surprisingly Delicious Recipe
So, I come from a food-obsessed family. My mother, a self-taught cook with a love of spicy foods, liked to experiment with exotic cuisines. Our normal home-cooked meals were things like meaty Brazillian feijoada, intricate Indian curries, and southwestern corn … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, cook a whole chicken, how to cook a whole chicken, how to roast a chicken, how to truss a chicken, recipe for roast chicken, roast chicken, roasting a chicken, thomas keller, thomas keller chicken, thomas keller roast chicken, thomas keller's favorite roast chicken, truss, truss a chicken, video how to truss a chicken
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Onigiri: Possibly the World’s First and Most Delicious To-Go Food
Since before chopsticks were invented, the Japanese have been rolling sticky rice up into balls that are easy to pick up and eat by hand. Not only are onigiri a tidy way to enjoy rice on the go, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged fillings for japanese rice balls, fillings for onigiri, how to make japanese rice balls, how to make onigiri, japanese rice, japanese rice ball, japanese rice balls, nori, onigiri, onigiri recipe, seaweed, seaweed wrapped rice ball, sushi rice, what to put in japanese rice balls, what to put in onigiri
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Easy Homemade Hot Sauce
I recently moved to a new house. Though the new place is just a mile and a half from the old, I feel like the move has somehow turned me into a different person. Because it’s quite a bit smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Condiments, Recipes, Vegetarian
Tagged chiles, chilies, easy homemade condiments, homemade hot sauce, hot sauce, spicy, vinegar
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Light & Fresh Chipotle Turkey Burgers with Cilantro-Lime Crema
Juliana and I have been friends for a long time. Although our friendship keeps us plenty busy in the present—what with the authoring and bloggering and all—like most old friends, we love to reminisce about the past. Not surprisingly, a … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, barbecue, barbecued burgers, burger, chipotle, chipotle turkey burger, chipotles en adobo, chipotles in adobo, cilantro, crema, light and fresh, lime, sour cream, turkey burger
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