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Bottarga Bread Salad for my Birthday

March 8, 2010
Bottarga Bread Salad

A crunchy sweet batard, torn, toasted and tossed with olive oil, pan-roasted butter beans, thinly sliced celery and spicy arugula. Topped with caper vinaigrette and dusted with briny bottarga.

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Duck fat roasted brussels sprouts

Duck Fat Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Almonds and Cranberries

November 13, 2009

Your Thanksgiving Table: Brussels sprouts roasted in rich duck fat, tossed with almonds, pecans and sweet cranberries.

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Caramelized Tomato Tarte Tatin

August 17, 2009
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Recipe for tomato tarte tatin: Organic grape tomatoes, salty olives and caramelized onions resting in a butter puff pastry crust.

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Pimientos de Padrón and Life Decisions

July 29, 2009
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These past few weeks have been uncharacteristically tumultuous. Trying to define the success of my blog, dealing with a day job, letting go of my New York frame of mind and attempting to embrace life in California – these all weighed heavily on my shoulders. Funny how a phone call from a missed friend can [...]

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Homemade Focaccia Bread with Figs and Goat Camembert

July 15, 2009
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How to bake homemade focaccia bread with fresh figs, cheese and pine nuts.

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Welcome to the New Local Lemons

July 11, 2009
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Here it is. The fruit of my labor. A food blog with mostly original and always natural recipes. Find restaurant reviews here and there, coverage of local food events and coming soon, interviews with food connoisseurs. Although mainly, this is a chronicle of my life through food.
Working a day-job and keeping a blog continues to be [...]

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The Secret To Grilling Fresh Corn

June 25, 2009

Fresh corn on the cob sure looks tasty when it has golden marks from the grill tattooed across each kernel. But take a bite and all to often you’ll get a mouth full of tough little dried-out nuggets sticking to and between all of your teeth. Don’t ruin a defenseless cob of fresh corn by [...]

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How to Cook with Wild Mushrooms

June 8, 2009

Blog posts with straight forward recipes are fine and dandy, but how does the saying go – you can give a man a fish?
Instead of handing you the fish, I’ll reveal some pointers that changed my opinion of cooking with wild mushrooms. Ready? Here we go:

When buying fresh mushrooms, purchase those that look alive. This [...]

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