Food
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Thank Edna Lewis for these beautiful baked beans
Mar 28, 2024 6:00 am - This veganized version of Edna Lewis’ baked beans recipe from her classic “The Taste of Country Cooking” uses onion and tomato for a touch of sweetness and the Instant Pot for speed.
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Salute spring’s arrival with lamb chops over a minty pea purée
Mar 26, 2024 4:49 pm - Lamb and mint are a classic pairing. Here, simply seasoned and seared lamb chops are served with a velvety purée of peas and mint.
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White Negronis might not be white, but they’re always delicious
Mar 26, 2024 1:42 pm - Before I tell you about the Alpine Negroni, the cocktail that got me chasing gentian drinks down their rabbit holes, riddle me this: When is a White Negroni not white? When you follow the recipe.
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At local pizza places, costs are taking a larger share of the pieMar 26, 2024 12:18 pm - The price of nearly everything that goes into making a pizza — from cheese, tomatoes and flour to boxes and wages — has gone up since the pandemic, making it a challenge for local restaurateurs to find that profit margin sweet spot.
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Roast canned tomatoes for a savory red pesto to toss with pasta
Mar 26, 2024 9:56 am - There is nothing unusual about grabbing a couple of cans of tomatoes off the shelf to make a pasta sauce, particularly in the winter when tomatoes are offseason. That’s where this recipe starts.
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Broiled oranges with ice cream are a modern twist on a diner classic
Mar 21, 2024 6:00 am - I recently found myself with a few exceptionally large navel oranges and got to thinking, “Why not give oranges the same splendid halved-grapefruit treatment?” This recipe answers that question with an emphatic “Please do!”
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Omani-style chickpeas are a buttery, garlicky weeknight treatMar 21, 2024 6:00 am - New to my list of late winter comfort foods is this bowl of warm, saucy, garlicky, buttery chickpeas. Known as dango in Oman, this version was adapted from the recipe in Rose Previte’s “Maydan: Recipes From Lebanon and Beyond.”
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This cabbage, fennel and bean soup is a lesson in seasoning to taste
Mar 21, 2024 6:00 am - I’ve learned that slurp-worthy soups are easily within reach as you long as you take your time to build flavor and know how to properly season them. A prime example is this humble, comforting soup of cabbage, fennel, tomatoes and white beans.
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Turn a can of black beans into enfrijoladas, a saucy vegetarian supper
Mar 21, 2024 6:00 am - Beans and tortillas are a classic pairing, usually with the beans served in or on the tortilla. But for Oaxacan enfrijoladas, lightly fried tortillas are dipped into and completely coated by a black bean puree.
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Perfect for Easter: Lemon and poppy seed cake meets white chocolate whipped cream frosting in this delicious dessertMar 20, 2024 6:00 am - Have you ever had a slice of cake you can’t stop eating? This lemon and poppy seed layer cake filled with berries and the most delicious white chocolate lemon whipped cream frosting I’ve ever had is one of those cakes for me.