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Apple pork pie with caramelized onion crust

January 13, 2009
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Sometimes I get these crazy ideas into my head. I experiment a lot in the kitchen and sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. Most of these experiments don’t get their own post here. Then there are times like today when I stumble across something so unexpected and tasty I can’t wait to share it [...]

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Sweet Potato Sumac Gratin with Meringue

December 4, 2008
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I got the idea for this one from a popular Turkish beverage called “apple tea”. I put it in quotes because as far as I can tell it doesn’t actually contain any apples or tea.
Apples are sweet, tangy and… well… apply and I thought it would compliment these sweet tubers nicely. For this dish [...]

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5 tips for making perfect crêpes (recipe for crêpes with buttered apples)

November 4, 2008
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Making light, airy, evenly browned crêpes that are just a little crisp around the edges is no harder than making pancakes (I actually think is easier). Here are 5 tips to ensure things go smoothly.
5 tips for making perfect crêpes

Refrigerate the batter for at least one hour. Gluten, a cross-linked chain of two proteins, [...]

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No Recipes vol. 1

October 19, 2008
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When I first started this blog I wanted it to a be a place where I could share cooking inspiration. I’d planned to post pictures and write about the ingredients I used and perhaps share some history about the dish. It quickly became apparent to me that that wouldn’t fly, so I scrapped the idea [...]

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Apple inside-out cake

April 9, 2008
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Mutsu apples are one of my favorite variety. Crisp, green-skinned and juicy, they fall somewhere between a Fuji and a Granny Smith. This makes them delicious to eat and equally suited for baking.
I set out to make an apple upside-down cake, with lots of gooey appley goodness on top. It was late though and mixing [...]

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Cider Braised Veal Chops

March 13, 2008
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This dish was actually born out of a mistake. I meant to get a boneless tender cut that I could pound into a schnitzel. Instead I ended up with a bone-in chuck chop (part of the problem with ordering food online) that would have ended up more chewy than tasty.
Chuck is a not-so-tender (though [...]

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