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Entries from January 2009

Battle of the Pastas – Part I ( Fettucine Carbonara with Fried Eggs )

January 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Both of the January issues of Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazine featured a pasta dish on the cover. I thought this would be a great excuse to have a “pasta slugfest” or “battle of the pastas” – where I’d cook both and declare a winner.
I first did the “challenger” – Fettucine Carbonara with Fried Eggs. [...]

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Panini’s and lamb-and-cheese !

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Just wanted to put in a plug for one of the great christmas presents we got this year ( thanks Nikii and Marika). We’ve wanted a sandwich grill for a while – so we were given the Breville sandwich press. It’s fantastic ! I’m onto my 3rd or 4th evening of panini’s. It’s also incredible [...]

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A retrospective on last-year, and a new resolution

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s become the habit of news magazines to do a year-end retrospective. So looking back what were the great recipes, the good recipes, and the not-so-goods of last-year? I’m not normally a dessert person but most of the “sweet stuff” was really great. The January pudding-pie, December’s cake, and April’s lemon-raspberry cupcakes were all great. Both [...]

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