Category: Food
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The Tomato Manifesto
Imagine yourself at a nice little cocktail party, enjoying your favorite adult beverage and perusing a modest yet enticing buffet of appetizers, hors d’oeuvres, tapas, snacks, or whatever it is that you personally like to call them. A plate of crudites has been presented, and cute little cherry tomatoes are among the offerings. You…
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Slow-roasted Turkey Was a Success
For Thanksgiving dinner, I practice strict adherence to a certain set of rules, all of which stem from the Prime Directive: make everything from scratch. This means that there shall be no pre-made pie crust, no boxed stuffing, no pre-blended seasonings, and no canned anything (especially not cranberries). These rules are intended to produce the…