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Rice with chicken crap
It’s hard being a creative type. Sometimes I get inspired to write something or dance something or…cook something…and nobody else on the planet gets it. I am shunned. Ostracized. I get funny looks...
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Sludge morning
I hyped the heck out the oatmeal breakfast my kids would be eating this morning, since they can’t have their normal breakfast cereal due to Pesach. (No bread or grains for seven days, according to...
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Artichoke Frittata…er…scramble
Dawn was once a yoga teacher and a Tai Chi chick. Dawn is an artist (every member of the Tilsner clan has a painting or print of hers on their wall) who is now moving into photography. Dawn is smarter...
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What to Feed the Kids
What mommy will have for dinner instead... I called a family meeting tonight. For a while now I’ve noticed that the kids aren’t eating what I’m making them. I’ll spend an hour or so in the kitchen,...
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Celery Root: Monsters of Veg
I spoke too soon. In hoping to cook up a batch of vegetarian ramen broth last week, I wrote that, unlike pig bones, I could easily find both white miso, kombu, and celery root. Miso and kombu, a thick...
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Beet it: Beet Risotto Nobody Wanted
Beet Me I can’t resist buying beets at the Farmer’s Market. And I have nothing but the best intentions for them. I’ll roast them! Pickle them! Put them in a salad! Oh the delicious nutrition! Plus...
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Last Minute, Three Ingredient Alterno-Chili from Trader Joe’s
Frozen Tundra is OK some nights... You’d think in these last few days of summer before school starts again I would be able to plan a little better and not come to 5:30 and wonder, what’s for dinner....
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Hear that? “Little Ears” and peas and Parmesan
I can't hear you, I have peas in my ears. This dish didn’t go over too well with me first time I made it. Something about peas, onions, Parmesan and first trimester pregnancy didn’t play well together,...
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Ensalada de bacalao…it’s what’s for breakfast
All I wanted was one of those little tortilla presses. Lettie told me they cost $5 at any number of Mexican supermarkets. So I went to Superior Market here in town and asked. Sorry, said the lady. We...
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