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Cheese

Fast Food Slow: Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Pizza

December 21, 2009

A slow recipe for fast pizza: Stuff your crust with homemade mozzarella cheese and top with fresh tomato sauce.

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Big Mac: Make Your Own, Have a Party

December 8, 2009

A recipe for homemade Big Macs and special sauce, using local, organic ingredients.

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Homemade Tomato Soup

September 24, 2009

Recipe for fresh tomato soup with dry-farmed early girl tomatoes, cipollini onions, aged balsamic vinegar and parmesan croutons. This is not your childhood tomato soup.

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Bacon and Eggs

September 10, 2009

Not what you were expecting? This is bacon and eggs, only better – much better. Pancetta, pecorino, homemade pesto and fingerling potatoes baked into a fritatta.

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Crostini with Roasted Garlic Creme Fraiche, Fava Beans and Mushroom Oil

August 11, 2009

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Fava Beans and Café Dreams:
Cloudless skies and sun-ripened fruit were not our only motivations for moving to Berkeley. Topping our list was a dream to open a little café, where I would cook simple, beautiful food and Alejandro would woo the guests with his charming ways. We’d have a garden out back, [...]

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Garden Vegetable Ravioli in Tomato Brodo

July 27, 2009

How to make homemade ravioli with vegetables and goat cheese, in a garlic-infused tomato broth.

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Grilled Puttanesca Pizza with Heirloom Tomatoes

July 22, 2009

I used to be a nonbeliever. Friends would mention the amazing pizza they made at home, but I’d shrug it off, secretly thinking there’s no way it was half as tasty as brick-oven pizza. Well, I take it back. Sort of. I still think home-baked pizza is a waste of my time. But grilled pizza… [...]

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