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This is one of the simplest recipes but always a crowd pleaser. Everything can be picked up at the ...
1/2 lb brussels sprouts
1 green apple
2 green onions, white and pale green part only
2 Tablespoons ...
Serves 2
If you'd like to turn this into a main meal, just add some sauteed shrimp or tofu.
2 ...
My sister Norma wrote down our mother’s mother’s Recipe for Latkes reduced for two people on greasy ...
Adapted from here
Ingredients:
1 lb.(16 oz.) fresh cranberries
2 medium granny smith apples, ...
(Adapted from "The Way to Cook" by Julia Child)
A 9.5 to 11 pound young roasting goose
Juice of ...
Outside, the roosters crow. I look at the time display on my cell phone within reach. 4:30. A.M. As ...
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Brasserie Lipp is a magical place to me that has maintained its integrity for well over 131 years. ...
It was Halloween 1976 and the movie showing in town that week was "Carrie." Back then it didn't ...
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I recently gave a studio tour to 40+ photograph students from Long Beach City College. For the past ...
Candy Canes
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In 1979 I ate a nectarine that I still think about.
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