When I was in college (early 1990s), I often went to my friend’s house for the weekend. Her parents are great cooks. One winter weekend, her parents had returned from…
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I absolutely love this dish and every time I entertain friends or bring this dish to a brunch, they ask me for the recipe. Sometime in the late 1990s before…
In the Northeast we seem to have only three seasons: Winter (too cold and long), Summer (either too hot or too cold) and Fall (my favorite season but way too…
I love dumplings. When I was growing up, Korean mandoo were my favorite. I loved them every which way – steamed, boiled, deep-fried, pan-fried and in soup. (If you live in the New…
I’ve finally worked up the courage to make Vietnamese spring rolls. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to try it, but I guess I was intimidated by handling the thin rice…
When I first saw the picture of David Tanis’ Italian-Style Tuna Sandwich in this Wednesday’s Food section of the NYT, it wasn’t the tuna that caught my attention, it was the soft-boiled egg, but…
I received a call from my dear friend at 6:30pm on a weeknight. For those of you who do not have school-aged children, 6:30pm on a weeknight is a bad…
When you go to a Korean restaurant, several dishes called banchan are brought to the table at the start of the meal. Banchan are small plates of food to be shared…
I had leftover ricotta (from when I made Pea Crostini with Ricotta) and I couldn’t let it go to waste. I was browsing through my folder of “recipes to try…
Spring has finally arrived! Yesterday, we found a few flowers in bloom in our yard. Restaurants are beginning to transition from their winter menus to fresh spring offerings. Food magazines and…
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