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Month: November 2009

Veritable Vegetable Extravaganza

Veritable Vegetable Extravaganza

before after The veritable veggies, clockwise from top-left: Brussels sprouts with hazelnut butter, maple-cardamom roast turnips, sauteed kale, Swiss chard and feta pie. I have been trying to write this post for about 2 weeks. In fact, I think I have been trying to write it for so long that I think most of the veggies I intended to write about are no longer in season…well, ok maybe it hasn’t been *quite* that long. So, at the time of year…

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Culinary Hacks Pt. 1: The Magnetic Knife Rack Dilemma

Culinary Hacks Pt. 1: The Magnetic Knife Rack Dilemma

The magnetic knife rack is a brilliant invention. In addition to keeping knives sharper and cleaner than its predecessor the large-wooden-block knife rack, it also is a small, and easily implementable step towards my dream kitchen (which in case you were wondering, looks something like a cross between Julia Child’s kitchen, with her ever-so-functional peg boards, and the classic Ikea kitchen, with stainless steel everything, and the metal bar on the wall that you can hook things over or hang…

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