Author: cia
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Adapted from a Jamie Oliver recipe using lamb Ingredients: For the curry rub: a few pieces of cloves 2 tbsps cinnamon powder 2 tbsps cumin 2 tbsps fennel seeds 2 tbsps ginger powder 1/2 cup curry powder salt and pepper 12 pieces of small chicken legs 1 tbsp butter 2 small red potatoes, peeled and…
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10:25pm – train back to New York City, delayed 12:10am – finally on board, but with an announcement that we’d arrive an extra hour late 1:00am – somewhere outside Providence when “the train’s axl hit debris”; delayed another extra hour “to switch machines” 4:00am – somewhere in Connecticut, stalls for forty minutes 6:00am – somewhere…
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I’ve never been to Rhode Island before, so when the boy proposed the idea that we meet there because it was a short drive from Maine, I bought a train ticket from New York to meet him. Before I left from work, I booked a room at Edgewood Manor and dinner twenty-something miles away at…
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Adapted from Rachel Ingredients: 12 pieces of small chicken legs 1 large onion, sliced thinly a pinch of saffron threads 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 stick butter 1 tbsp sugar 2 tsp grated orange peel 2 cups chicken broth 2 cups white rice, cooked 1 small box of raisins a handful of pistachios, toasted and…
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Adapted from joyofbaking.com Ingredients: 2 eight-inch pie crusts, thawed 6 large eggs 2 cups fresh pumpkin meat, shredded 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup light brown sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1/2 tsp salt 1. In a large bowl, lightly whisk the eggs. Add the remaining ingredients…
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Adapted from Mare Restaurant, Boston Ingredients: a dozen zucchini squash blossoms, stamen removed, gently washed in cold water and dried with paper towel 1/2 cup goat cheese 1/2 cup cream cheese 1 tsp chopped fresh basil 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 tbsps fine yellow cornmeal 1 cup milk 1 large egg oil, salt and pepper…
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Adapted from The Daily News Ingredients: 1 pound of boneless chicken, cut in small pieces 2 potatoes, peeled and boiled for 5 minutes, quartered 1/2-inch lemongrass stalk 2 chilis 2 shallots, finely chopped 1 small piece of ginger, crushed and finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups coconut milk salt and vegetable oil 1.…
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9 West 53rd Street at The Museum of Modern Art between Fifth and Sixth Avenues212/333-1220about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip I haven’t been back to the new MoMA ever since it reopened in its grand, newly renovated space in midtown Manhattan. The twenty-dollar entrance fee is a little too steep for a…
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105 North 6th Street between Berry and Wythe Streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn718/963-0608 $150 for three, with three drinks, with tip Nothing on the menu tops twenty dollars at Sweetwater and that’s a very good thing. Even for dishes under that price, portions are generous and we wonder why we do not go to Williamsburg more often.…
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Adapted from a cooksrecipes.com recipe using bourbon Ingredients: 2-pound pork tenderloin 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup whiskey 1/4 cup sherry vinegar 1/4 cup soy sauce half an onion, chopped 2 tbsps honey 4 cloves of garlic, crushed and minced 2 tbsps ginger, crushed and minced 2 tbsps fresh sage, chopped 1/4 tsp…
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Adapted from a Gourmet Magazine recipe using kabocha squash Ingredients: 1 butternut squash, halved and seeded 1 cup vegetable oil 20 whole fresh sage leaves plus, 1 1/2 tsps chopped fresh sage 1/4 pound sliced pancetta, coarsely chopped 1 large onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 3 1/2 cups chicken broth 3 1/2 cups water…
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Adapted from The New York Times Ingredients: 1/4 cup peanut oil 1 medium potato, peeled and diced 1 medium eggplant, diced 1 red pepper, cored, stemmed and julienned 1 cup frozen peas 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed 1 onion, quartered 12 cloves garlic, peeled 2 tomatoes, cut into eighths 1/4 cup red curry paste, or…