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Soup, Salad and Sandwiches

Bittman Salad 13: Strawberries and Tomatoes

05.08.2009 Fruit

I’m pleased to say that I’m on a roll with Mark Bittman’s “101 Simple Salads for the Season” and surprisingly ahead of my original plan.  My twelve-page print out from the New York Times, as many of my other cookbooks, is beginning to look respectfully used.  With four recipes completed in five days, and a [...]

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Bittman Salad 29: Balsamic Cherries & Bitter Greens

01.08.2009 Fruit

There are any number of reasons I’ve decided to chop and chew my way through the 101 “Simple Salads” Mark Bittman conjured up for the summer season. Julie & Julia has been simmering in my mind since I finished reading the book a month or two ago, and as the movie opening date approaches and [...]

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Pink Slaw

22.06.2009 Barbeque

I’ve gotten to the point in my life that I’ve begun to notice my tastes have changed.  It’s not so much that I prefer some tastes over others, but more that I crave things I never have before, and look less forward to other tastes I’ve always loved. Let’s talk cabbage, shall we? My mother [...]

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Spicy Shrimp Salad

30.05.2009 Cookbooks and Magazines

I’d love to say it’s salad weather here, but if you are fortunate to be a resident of San Diego, then you know that not only have we been experiencing the typical overcast weather we lovingly refer to as May Grey, but are definitely headed into a serious June Gloom.  Although I am one who [...]

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Cream of Greens Soup: Dandelions, Spinach, and Arugula

22.04.2009 Gluten-Free

When I think of Earth Day, I think more about how I was raised instead of an event marked on a calendar that occurs once a year.  I guess my mother was green before her time simply because she needed to be frugal with her earnings.  But that’s not all.  Her common sense was what [...]

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Crock Pot Pulled Pork and Sweet Potato Fries

21.04.2009 Breads

The weather here surprised us all by hitting 90 degrees yesterday, and today, it’s nearly 100.  San Diego is really a desert, so of course it gets that hot here, but rarely at this time of year, and even more rarely near the coast.  The sweltering dry heat that we’re more familiar with comes late [...]

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