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Last Night’s Dinner: Stuffed Peppers
February 24, 2010 – 10:40 am | One Comment
Last Night’s Dinner: Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed peppers mean nothing to me. I have no attachment to them whatsoever. We never had them in my house growing up. I made them last night simply because we had the ingredients in the …

Dinner Do-Over, a Redemption Song
February 18, 2010 – 3:05 pm | 2 Comments
Dinner Do-Over, a Redemption Song

Every single element was perfect. But was the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Last night at 7:17, with the assistance of a glass of Soave, I constructed a peerless tower of power: …

Eating Light Tonight
February 10, 2010 – 6:21 pm | No Comment
Eating Light Tonight

We found beautiful fruit, vegetables and eggs at the mercado earlier today. In order to compensate for overindulging at our favorite neighborhood taqueria last night and a pizza feast of epic proportions planned for tomorrow, …

Last Night’s Dinner: Penne with Sausage and Broccoli
February 9, 2010 – 4:53 pm | 2 Comments
Last Night’s Dinner: Penne with Sausage and Broccoli

If you’re looking for something super simple, tasty and slightly lowbrow to make for dinner tonight, have I got the recipe for you.  Populism!  This is how I did it last night:
Ingredients

broccoli
italian sausage
penne pasta
olive oil
garlic
dry …

Sunday Supper: The Accidental Chicken
February 8, 2010 – 3:47 pm | No Comment
Sunday Supper: The Accidental Chicken

Last night I cooked a chicken upside down. No, not to serve some satanic cult of poultry, merely because I am scatterbrained. Fortunately, it turns out that I am incapable of ruining a roast chicken and we …

Last Night’s Dinner: Know Why?
February 4, 2010 – 3:00 pm | 3 Comments
Last Night’s Dinner: Know Why?

‘Cause it was friggin’ delicious. Also, chicken thighs! Here they’re called muslo de pollo and I’ve had  a package of these mofos in the freezer since before Christmas. I’ll admit, I was intimidated. Although of late I’ve become …

Poc-Chuc: Mayan-Style Marinated Pork
February 3, 2010 – 1:12 pm | 4 Comments
Poc-Chuc: Mayan-Style Marinated Pork

A bit of business to get out of the way before we begin: this is not “authentic” poc-chuc, and we’re not trying to make authentic poc-chuc. Why is that? The ubiquitous Yucatecan restaurant dish, which …

Cochinita Pibil: Mayan-Style Slow-Cooked Pork
January 25, 2010 – 1:06 pm | 6 Comments
Cochinita Pibil: Mayan-Style Slow-Cooked Pork

The cuisine of Yucatan, Mexico, sometimes comes under fire from the uninitiated for being too subtle in flavor, too basic, and ultimately, not “Mexican” enough. And while it can sometimes lack the pizazz (”Pizazz?” What …

Birds Aren’t Dinner. And Neither are Hot Pockets or Jim Gaffigan
January 22, 2010 – 4:31 pm | No Comment
Birds Aren’t Dinner. And Neither are Hot Pockets or Jim Gaffigan

Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
Our friends at The Manhattan Food Project mentioned something about meat pies recently, which never fails to remind me …

4 Crowd-Pleasing Dips for Your Superbowl Party
January 21, 2010 – 3:36 pm | 2 Comments
4 Crowd-Pleasing Dips for Your Superbowl Party

We recently read a survey listing simply “dips” as one of the most popular foods served at a Superbowl party. They’re hot (sometimes), they’re filing, and they serve as a great buffer for a stomach …

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