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IRISH ROAD KILL

There's plenty we Micks can be proud of: James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, the Ballymaloe Cooking School, JFK and the history of How the Irish Saved Civilization. With March 17th just around the corner now's a good time to remember the wit of the Irish as well in the form of this great St. Patrick's Day recipe. Over at [...]

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ALL RECIPES, Side Dish, Simply Spectacularly Delicious (SSD), Vegetables

LAST OF THE HERB GARDEN ROASTED POTATOES (SSD #9)

Another Simply Spectaculary Delicious (SSD) recipe technique is a prefect late-summer side dish. The chilly nights of September remind us the glory days of the herb jardiniere are nearing their end. Summer 2011 was a particularly robust planting and now there's a last dash to employ as many of these flavorful leaves while the getting's good. Revisiting Lorenza de Medici's Bay [...]

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ALL RECIPES, Appetizers, Main Dishes, Vegetables

TARTE A L’OIGNON (SPRING ONION TARTE)

Well it's been quite a summer in the kitchen, a strong run of well-received successes. Not that I'd post the losers, so thankfully only one or two disappointments occurred. Spec D's commitment to superlative dishes regardless of the effort, expense, obscurity or complexity marches on. However, from time to time other smaller inconveniences occured. Like here with this Tarte a l'Oignon, which I'd intended to [...]

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ALL RECIPES, Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Relish, Vegetables

SWEET AND SOUR RAINBOW CARROTS

As summer hastens to a close the pressure is on to squirrel away as much of the local abundance as possible. We've really been grooving on these freshly dug, radiant rainbow carrots. Slowly roasted in butter is our current preparation of choice but knowing they're soon to disappear we put up a big batch with this Sweet and Sour Rainbow Carrot [...]

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ALL RECIPES, Simply Spectacularly Delicious (SSD), Vegetables

RAINBOW CARROTS (SSD #7)

What could possibly be more simply spectacularly delicious that this easy recipe for farm-stand fresh rainbow carrots, gently poached in the purest, cleanest well water (we've had ours checked — rating: A+!) and then slowly glazed over low heat in an abundance of sweet butter. (If you blinked, that was the recipe.) Everyone's read countless variations of "I never even [...]

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Kitchen Gadgets, Main Dishes, Vegetables

CRISPY GERMAN RAVIOLI WITH CREAMED SPINACH: GEBRATENE MAULTASCHEN AUF BLATTSPINAT

Guten Morgen meine Damen und Herren! Steve and I are just back from a trip to Berlin, staying at the super deluxe Hotel Adlon on Under den Linden, lavishly and lovingly refurbished to its storied glory. Right out the front door is the great Brandenburg Gate and beyond that lies the green expanse of the Tiergarten. Sitting right next [...]

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