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For those who love the ‘shrooms

June 9, 2011 By Katrina

Mushrooms. They’re another one of those divisive little devils that can turn a dinner party on its head if you’re not careful. You might love them, fill your pastas with them and think they’re the cat’s pajamas. Or maybe, instead, you think of them as an all-too-close cousin of some sort of inedible invertebrate. If…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven Tagged With: cooking, dinner, easy recipes, food52.com, fresh from the oven, mushrooms, recipes, sauteed mushrooms, side dishes

Irish brown soda bread

March 1, 2011 By Katrina

Irish brown soda bread

My older brother has pretty mean (and by mean, I mean awesome) bread-making skills. I can’t remember when exactly he started refining his craft, but the bread-making has been a semi-annual summer and/or Christmastime event (basically every time he comes back to visit) since well before I graduated college. I’m also not quite sure what…

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Filed Under: Bread, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, bread, breakfast, brunch, food52.com, Irish brown soda bread, Merrill Stubbs, recipes, soda bread

You’re welcome, houseguest: Butternut sage scones

February 23, 2011 By Katrina

You’re welcome, houseguest: Butternut sage scones

I’ve decided after yesterday that risotto is to cooking as scones are to baking. Yes, they might seem intimidating at first. Yes, it takes a little work to prepare them properly. Yes, they seem much more complicated than they actually are. And yes, the extra effort you put into them will result in a delicious…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baked goods, baking, breakfast, brunch, butternut squash, butternut squash scones, dessert, food52.com, recipes, sage, scones

Mail-order salt: Food’s getting all new-agey

February 22, 2011 By Katrina

Yesterday I did something I never thought I’d do. I ordered groceries from the Internet. It wasn’t the once-every-few-weeks, fill-your-cart-to-the-brim kind of shop, but it’s a monumental occurrence nonetheless. Actually, it was only one item that I purchased: Diamond Crystal brand kosher salt. Please allow me to explain. I’ve been trying my best to pace…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven Tagged With: Diamond Crystal, Essential New York Times Cookbook, food52.com, groceries, kosher salt, mail-order groceries, salt

Vegetable Week: It’s like Shark Week, but healthier

February 18, 2011 By Katrina

Vegetable Week: It’s like Shark Week, but healthier

This week will go down in history as the week that Jared and I ate our weight in vegetables. OK, not really. But we made a mighty impressive effort, if I do say so myself. It all started with that veggie-filled garden minestrone soup earlier this week. Then there was Valentine’s Day dinner, which consisted…

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Filed Under: Appetizers/Sides, Fresh from the oven, Vegetarian Tagged With: cauliflower, food52.com, healthy recipes, recipes, roasted cauliflower, salads, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian

Delicious distractions

February 10, 2011 By Katrina

Delicious distractions

Wednesday afternoon was a first for me. As I sat at my desk and typed away on work-related odds and ends, I clicked on my Twitter feed just as @food52 tweeted about this week’s wildcard winner on their site. Normally I don’t have any trouble clicking back and forth between Twitter updates and the task…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, dessert, food52.com, lemon, lemon cake, lemon custard, lemon sponge cups, recipes, souffle

Winterizing summer favorites: Spanish roasted potato salad

February 3, 2011 By Katrina

Winterizing summer favorites: Spanish roasted potato salad

My Grandpa Smith is a jack-of-all-trades sort of guy. A general contractor by profession, he’s been building houses for years and years and knows his way around pretty much any tool or project that Bob Vila could throw at him. When I was 10 years old, he built an amazing set of furniture for my…

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Filed Under: Appetizers/Sides, Fresh from the oven, Salads, Vegetarian Tagged With: cooking, food52.com, potato salad, recipes, roasted potatoes, salads, side dishes

A belated celebration: Chocolate chip pancakes

January 28, 2011 By Katrina

A belated celebration: Chocolate chip pancakes

So yesterday was National Chocolate Cake Day, and somehow I missed the memo until mid-afternoon when it was too late and I was too busy to partake in the sugar-filled euphoria. Sad, I know. And I do so love a good holiday. Anyway, I spent the better half of yesterday thinking about cake (which is…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, breakfast, brunch, chocolate, chocolate chip pancakes, dessert, food52.com, pancakes

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