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Old school rice pilaf

This easy and flavorful side is a souvenir from my youth when I thought rice only came in two varieties: Minute or pilaf. I left the Minute Rice back in the 80’s and the pilaf seemed doomed to stay there as well until a few months ago when I resurrected it. We’ve eaten it probably […]

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Scott’s Biscotti

Lately I’ve been making a lot of healthy brain food that doesn’t taste like salmon. Here’s a biscotti recipe that I adapted from Ann Burrell that incorporates whole nuts, berries and dark chocolate in a not-so-sweet cookie for breakfast or dessert. She dips hers into a chocolate ganache, but I like the chocolate on the […]

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Marie-Inspired Chicken and Rice

Fall. Comfort food. It is time. This particular dish is an imperfect version of a delicious original Lebanese Chicken and Rice dish that got me through two rough periods of morning sickness cooked by a friend’s mother who probably thought I would starve to death during my last pregnancy. Because I need this dinner for […]

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Scarecrow Salad

A couple of decades ago for a “Halloween-Themed Meal,” I’d have put out a bowl of Frankenberry and called it a night. Four children and the invention of the Internet later, I feel an unnatural urge to theme everything we eat in October into some sort of spooky, ghoulish or otherwise macabrely-crafted fare. Today I […]

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White Turkey Chili

There’s only a week until Halloween and we have a lot to do, people. There are copious amounts of food-coloring, meat-sculpturing, vegetable-carving and other compound verbs that you never thought would be part of your late October repertoire. Let’s get started, shall we? I’m always on the look out for a good white chili recipe, […]

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Vegetable Witness Protection Program

My vegetables are in the witness protection program. I fully admit that I will hide, disguise, camouflage, conceal, veil, cloak, bury, and otherwise transform vegetables into recipes that I can get myself my kids to eat. So when son #2 came home and said he loved pumpkin spice bread, I seized the opportunity to get […]

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Fall for hockey food

We have entered into two of my favorite themed-cooking seasons: Fall and hockey. Seemingly disjointed and rather unculinary-like I know, but humor me with my explanation and invitation to join me on this strange road trip. First off, Autumn time for food-lovers is a no-brainer but lots of-stomacher. Not only are cool afternoons the best […]

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Raspberry Cream Pie

There’s a little farm stand on the North Fork of Long Island that is lined with the usual local produce; potatoes, peaches maybe some tomatoes and sweet corn. But if you look beyond the earthy wooden tables you’ll no doubt notice a line formed outside of an unassuming white door propped ajar by someone’s flip […]