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Category Archives: Appetizers
How to Use a Slow Cooker: Top 5 Ways to Use Your CrockPot
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 Puffs 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
Posted in Appetizers, Entrees, Recipes, Side Dishes, Small Plates, Soups
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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So Wrong and Yet… Maple-Glazed Bacon Sufganiyot, er, Beignets
On the heels of my earlier success with homemade sufganiyot (Israeli jelly donuts for Hanukkah) and an order of Applewood Smoked Bacon Beignets with Maple Crème Fraiche I recently consumed (well, begrudgingly shared with two friends) at Melissa Perillo’s renowned … Continue reading
Super Lemony Smoked Trout Spread
Have you noticed, attentive readers, how much I love smoked fish? (Permit me to introduce into evidence Exhibit A and Exhibit B.) This is because smoked fish has a very delicious flavor! For lack of a more articulate explanation! A few … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Recipes, Side Dishes, Small Plates, Snacks
Tagged appetizer, canned trout, chives, lemon, smoked fish, smoked trout, spread, vacuum-packed
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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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Baked Five-Spice Sweet Potato “Fries” with Lemon Ginger Aioli
I’m happy to report that I’m still on the Chinese five-spice powder kick that I wrote about back in February. This traditional Asian spice blend, which is easy to find at most supermarkets, is most commonly made of cinnamon, cloves, … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Recipes, Side Dishes, Small Plates, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged aioli, artichokes, chinese five-spice powder, garlic, ginger, ginger aioli, lemon juice, mayonnaise, sweet potato fries, sweet potatoes
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Sardine Salad with Parsley and Lemon
I owe a big thank you to my food-loving friend Carolyn for introducing me to this simple, delicious, nutritious salad. (Sardines are packed with vitamins, minerals, omega-3 fatty acids, and protein! Sardines are not packed with mercury! So says Wikipedia!) … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Entrees, Recipes, Salads, Side Dishes, Small Plates, Snacks
Tagged lemon, parsley, sardine salad, sardines, tapas
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For Your Vegetarian Passover: Grandma Fran’s Veggie Chopped Liver (with Egg and Burnt Onion)
Back in April I wrote a post about my Aunt Hilda’s Carrot Vichyssoise. At the time I was writing the history of my paternal grandfather’s family, and I thought it would be a nice idea to include a chapter of … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Recipes, Side Dishes, Small Plates, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged burnt onions, eggs, hard-boiled eggs, jewish cooking, mock chopped liver, Passover, seder, vegetarian, vegetarian chopped liver, walnuts
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Irresistible Chinese Five-Spice Peanuts
Ever since Robin and I developed our Five-Spice Roast Pork dish for The Lazy Gourmet (p.126) I’ve been a little bit obsessed with Chinese five-spice powder, an intriguing and hard-to-describe spice blend made of (most commonly) cinnamon, cloves, star anise, … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Recipes, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged 5-spice powder, Asian cooking, chinese five-spice powder, finger food, gift ideas, peanuts, pistachios
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