a couple of weeks ago i came across this post the very same day that chris was coming by with his duck confit.  as soon as my eyes locked in on the recipe, i knew this was to be my promised companion salad, a guaranteed sure-fire marriage made in heaven.  the richness of the crispy duck atop some […]

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i’m a book buyer.  which doesn’t necessarily mean that i’m always a book reader.  of course each book is carefully chosen with varying degrees of hope, excitement and promise, and the contents of my cyber cart are always just one quick click away from being all mine…  but then the books arrive only to be relegated to any number of stacks […]

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i broke my mayonnaise.  but i am here to tell you that it is fixable.  i started mine in the vita-mix and well, it’s just not the way to go.  unless perhaps you’re making a very large quantity and then the whirly thingamajig will actually be able to blend what’s in there.  but one egg yolk, some […]

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oh salad of arugula, pancetta, roasted grapes, fried capers and parmigiano chips… oh how i love thee.  with a smattering of great olive oil, finely chopped garlic and guerande salt with a few twists of freshly ground black pepper… you were a dream dinner for me.  nothing flash.  just an absolutely delectable melange of flavors led by a […]

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my guy humors me.  he buys me two different batches of lobster from the same place at the same time.  one batch is twice the price for half as much.  that batch comes from two freshly steamed ‘chicks’ whereas the other comes from lobsters that were ‘on their way out’ - meaning that they’re showing signs of […]

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