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Filed under: Quinn, cooking, country life on January 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »

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Filed under: Quinn, cooking, dining, social climbing on April 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Potatoes roasted with a healthy dose of harissa. The potatoes are brave but the diner is braver.

Filed under: cooking on March 6th, 2009 | No Comments »

I made some risotto on Sunday night. It was simply flavored with peas and parmesan and the mirepoix based quick broth I seem to put in everything. Making your own broth really, truly only takes an extra 5 minutes and it makes all the differences in the world. A risotto like this also benefits from [...]

Filed under: cooking on March 4th, 2009 | No Comments »

Good morning! Heather threw together these banana espresso chocolate chip muffins from the Baked cookbook. Baked is a fantastic bakery near us in Red Hook.

Filed under: cooking on March 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I whipped up some Bailey’s chocolate truffles on Sunday night. Making truffles is much easier than they seem — just some cream and melted chocolate (a ganache, essentially), chilled, then rolled in cocoa powder. In this case I added Bailey’s Irish Cream to the mixture and rolled it in a combination of cocoa powder and [...]

Filed under: cooking on February 25th, 2009 | No Comments »

Tonight, at Heather’s request, I made a little fresh pasta. First, the rolled out sheets… …the cut pasta…

Filed under: cooking on February 21st, 2009 | No Comments »

Quinn was nice enough to prep these potatoes for our Valentine’s Day fondue.  Imagine my surprise when he handed me this baking dish and told me: “Listen, I know they boil the potatoes for Raclette in Switzerland, but boiling vegetables is for suckers, so go with me on this one.  450 degrees for about 3o [...]

Filed under: Quinn, cooking on February 14th, 2009 | No Comments »

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