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Chicken with Herbed Dumplings

What do you cook when you want a chicken pot pie but are too lazy/busy to screw around with making a crust? You cook chicken with dumplings. I saw this recipe on Michael Ruhlman’s site and figured it would give … Continue reading

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Maggie’s Marvelous Mardi Gras Macarons

I may be a decent cook, but I know when I’m outclassed by a great baker. When I saw Facebook photos of my friend Maggie’s baking projects – collected in an album titled “Food Porn” – I jokingly suggested that … Continue reading

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No-Knead Bread, Version 1

All of the rave reviews I read about Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking assured me that I could bake high-quality bread with little effort. Since my previous bread baking attempts have resulted … Continue reading

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Trotter Gear

At the other end of the meat case at H Mart where I found the oxtails was a lovely display of pig’s feet. If I’m going on a braising jag, I thought, I might as well go all the way. … Continue reading

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Braised Oxtails with Maitake, Caramelized Orange, and Shallots

Ming Tsai, chef at Blue Ginger, has a cooking show on PBS in which he presents his “east meets west” approach to his food. On a recent show he explored the pairing of maitake mushrooms and Worcestershire sauce, then invited … Continue reading

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Momofuku Pork Buns

My recent trip to H Mart was for more than informational and educational purposes. I was in search of a key ingredient: frozen Chinese mantou buns, which I had been unable to find at any of my local markets. I … Continue reading

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Ad Hoc Braised Beef Short Ribs

In need of comfort after my hopes for television stardom were crushed, I turned to comfort food. I wanted something more rustic and less refined than all of the boeuf bourguignon I had been cooking as of late, but something … Continue reading

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The Call of Cthulhufruit

The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either … Continue reading

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Ginger Fried Rice with Shrimp

Inspiration for the evening meal can come from many sources. Last night’s dinner was inspired by a sale on U10 shrimp at Whole Foods and Mark Bittman’s most recent Minimalist column in The New York Times. How could I resist … Continue reading

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Flushed, Scrod

Excerpted from How to Get Around MIT (HoToGAMIT), a student guidebook issued to all incoming MIT freshmen: flushed – (1) pp. Turned down or out. Disappointed in some endeavor, usually involved with selling oneself. Examples: “I got flushed at the … Continue reading

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