From the category archives:

Main Dishes

Think Like A Chef: Quinn Hatfield

April 17, 2009

I’m lucky to have chefs for friends. It’s one of my most favorite benefits of working in the restaurant business. Not only are professional cooks really entertaining to hang out with* they also are invaluable resources when it comes to…

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Zuni Café Whole Chicken and Bread Salad Recipe

March 21, 2009

Perfect Sunday Supper–Best Whole Roasted Chicken recipe

Great restaurants are beguiling, addictive places that create dishes so captivating that guests are rendered awestruck and wanting more. Great chefs—people like Keller, Achatz, Goin, Adria, Batali, Waters–can turn ordinary diners into devotees with…

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Dinner with Infinite Fress

March 13, 2009

In my rule book, the sign of a great dinner party is a sink full of dirty plates and a table covered in empty wine glasses. Our dinner last night with Marisa and Steve, the lovely couple behind the erudite…

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Chicken Banh Mi Recipe, recovered!

March 4, 2009

(one of my early posts this recipe recently “disappeared” from my archives while trying to revisit some ancient tags. I re-post this edited recipe from March 2008. Thank you.)

It’s cold and rainy March, which makes me crave comforting and spicy…

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A Recipe for Becoming Guatemalan

February 27, 2009

Yo soy pura gringa. And yet, thanks to my husband, I am part of a beautiful Guatemalan/German family.

As a food lover and newly initiated family member, I thoroughly enjoy learning the histories of my husband’s family through food. Standing at…

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Coffee-Braised Bison Shortribs: A Low Fat Indulgence

December 6, 2008

Have you ever noticed that soon after learning a new word, or becoming interested in the latest subject matter, you begin to see signs of that new thing everywhere? You overhear people talking about it. Read a headline focusing on…

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Prosciutto Wrapped Scallops: A Recipe from Alice Waters

July 21, 2008

After some seven months of posting recipes and food reviews, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a culinary request from my filmmaker-friend, Jesse:

I have a question to ask you: I’ve started hosting these little soirees at my house lately- a…

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