If you love to cook, you are probably going to fall in love with knives. I've had many of them over the years, but I've pretty well settled on the set above. I'll walk you through them and tell you what they are and …
Read MoreLast weekend we were up on San Juan Island in Puget Sound with my wife's folks and a couple of their friends. At the (very fine) farmer's market in Friday Harbor on Saturday morning, one of our crew bought a few …
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I don’t think anyone needs a recipe for these, just use your best olive oil for the caprese and your best balsamic and parmesan for the zucchini and tofu. I really need plain white plates for these to look right. …
Read MoreThis sounds fancy but is actually a slam dunk to make, especially if you use a packaged spice mixture. The combination of sweet, pungent and spicy is pretty addictive. You could serve it as an appetizer or as part of a …
Read MoreI've made ricotta and yogurt cheese a few times at home, but I've never tried to do anything that involved (vegetable) rennet before. I had read that mozzarella was fairly tractable, so I figured I'd give it a shot. …
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Banh Mi Chay - Vietnamese Tofu Sandwich If you are already an afficionado of Vietnamese sandwiches, aka Banh Mi, you probably don't need to read any further. But if you haven't had them, you have been missing out on …
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