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Caper and Scallion Beer Batter Fried Carrots and Broccoli with Sauce Aurore
Like a piece of music, a dinner party has rhythm. Rhythm suggests movement. A good dinner party has a smooth, forward motion– an interaction between food, service, hosts and guests. There are… more →
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Caper and Scallion Beer Batter Fried Carrots and Broccoli with Sauce Aurore
wrote 2 weeks ago: Like a piece of music, a dinner party has rhythm. Rhythm suggests movement. A good dinner party ha … more →
Zwiebeltorte ~ Onion Torte
wrote 1 month ago: Sheila Hibben, the New Yorker magazine’s first food columnist, authored several books on cooke … more →
Smoked Duck with Preisselberry Sauce
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wrote 2 months ago: Kitchen design may be approached from many different perspectives. The top priority of one woman I … more →
Bacon-wrapped Dates
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wrote 2 months ago: Wrap a date in bacon; Put it in the pan; Slowly sauté ’til it’s golden; Take it out agai … more →
Rosemary Walnuts
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wrote 3 months ago: These walnuts come to the diplomatickitchen via More Home Cooking (1995) by Laurie Colwin, who got t … more →
Sherry Brandy Edam Spread
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wrote 3 months ago: Someone once described the store-bought, processed copies of homemade originals as “understudi … more →
Homemade Wholewheat Crackers with Assorted Herbs and Spices
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wrote 4 months ago: Harmony is a happy state. It has all sorts of good side effects, not the least of which is a sense … more →
A Cold Winter's Day Luncheon Menu Reminiscent of Sunny Climes ~ beginning with Spicy Roasted Red Pepper and Walnut Spread (Muhammarah)
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wrote 4 months ago: Imagine a place where wintertime’s beauty and bite are keen. Imagine a high-ceilinged dining … more →
New Year's Celebration for the Romantic, the Introvert, the Homebody ~ a Dinner for 2, 4, or 6 opening with Caviar and June Platt's Marinated Mushrooms
wrote 5 months ago: Many enjoy their New Year’s celebration enlivened with a goodly crowd of partiers, music at hi … more →
Stina's Liptauer Cheese
wrote 6 months ago: There are many good reasons to read Clementine Paddleford’s writings about American cooking. … more →
French Fried Eggplant The Picayune with Sauce Remoulade Cajun-style
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wrote 7 months ago: The Picayune (now known as The Times-Picayune) of New Orleans began publication in 1837. Its name r … more →
Cajun Crayfish
wrote 7 months ago: To catch crayfish, carry two empty coffee cans down to the bank of a freshwater creek briskly runnin … more →
Spreadable Butter Beans with Dukkah and Pita Chips Herbed and Spiced
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wrote 8 months ago: Country singer Little Jimmy Dickens had this to sing about butter beans: Some folks think that … more →
Little Puffed Potato Balls with Black Forest Ham ~ Boulettes soufflées aux pommes de terre et jambon de la Forêt-Noire
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wrote 8 months ago: Black Forest ham is made according to a specific and lengthy process of seasoning, curing and smokin … more →
Moroccan Flatbread (R'ghayef) ~ Pain marocain
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wrote 9 months ago: If a recipe describes something one has never tasted or even, perhaps, seen, the essential difficul … more →
Savoury Reblochon 'Cake' with Bacon, Onion and Walnuts
wrote 10 months ago: Last year the diplomatickitchen posted a recipe for a savoury French loaf ‘cake’ made wi … more →
Small Spicy Roasted Pepper Corn Muffins
wrote 10 months ago: A single little muffin on a small plate beside the soup is no big deal. It is a nice little deal. … more →
Shrimp Pâté with Gin
wrote 10 months ago: When she was in her late sixties, Célestine Eustis wrote a cookbook: Cooking In Old Créole Days (19 … more →
Benne (Sesame) Seed Cocktail Crackers
wrote 10 months ago: Perhaps cracker making has become more of a lost skill than bread baking, and yet, to make homemade … more →
