people of the foodie blogosphere, i present to you – a mediocre photo of the perfect round festive finger food – and hey – get this… it was not ever really meant to exist.  you know, like some good version of the perfect storm.  due to what was circulating out there in kitchen land, it just happened to come together – [...]

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hellooooo lovahhh… not much to say here except that this unique specimen was just recently harvested by my dear friend and brilliant songwriter richard leigh - direct from his garden about an hour south of town. i live in nashville, tn.  and i’m here to tell ya, it’s a long damn way from nyc.  what brought me here was [...]

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for awhile there i was feeling as though inertia was the only thing keeping me moving at all… after a 24 day hiatus from the bike, i am back.  and as much as i don’t particularly care for the early start time – when i’m finished, i  am  so  damn  glad  that  i  did  it  [...]

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smitten kitchen?  thank you.  really and truly.  no kidding.  thank you so very very much.  i read your post, the ‘nappa wrapper‘ today and without passing go or collecting my $200 – i flew to the kitchen to rescue the vegetables in my fridge from what might have been a terrible fate of either slow rot, adoption or even worse [...]

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italian prune plums.  every august they show up all too briefly and then they’re gone again – you know the drill. it’s the same with our beloved tomatoes and corn.  i bought a bag earlier in the week with the intention of making something fabulous, but like the decadent fresh figs that i’ve been continually buying these past 2 weeks they just [...]

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something about the recipes in the ny times sunday mag really entice me.  over the years i’ve made a slew of them and some have become my classic go-to’s.  like ’my’ flourless chocolate espresso cake that tends to wow the (adult) masses.  this recipe i seem to remember was from an older man who was a legend [...]

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the best i ever had was in baltimore.  my brother and his fabulous wife live there and are members of a country club that has the kind of everyday laid back salad bar restaurant where they can make you absolutely anything you ask for and it will be very good - although cary did manage to stump them [...]

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