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Jo
Interests: music, books and magazines, spending time on the lake in maine, cars of a period, michael sowa, brueghel, dutch paintings, foreign films, country over the city any day, antiques, flea markets, cooking as therapy, old radio shows, planting things and hoping i don't kill them, bbc america, attempting to fish, renaissance paintings, dogs - well actually all animals
*picture by ray caesar http://www.raycaesar.com/
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Stuffed Pork Tenderloin III
As you can see we like stuffed pork tenderloin around here (Pork I and Pork II). It's not the most flavor packed cut, but it is quick and versatile and makes weeknight dinners get on the table PDQ. Based on... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Fungus Amongus: Mushroom Fest
Usually around the last week in July or the first week in August I head up north to visit Mom and SD in Maine traditionally that was the time they took their annual two week vacation but now they live... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Makin' Bacon
The time had come. I had a beautiful pork belly on my hands from Miss Maggi and Michael Ruhlman's Charcuterie, some pink salt(nitrate/nitrite haters read Mr. Ruhlman's solid rant about the truth here - hint, you've been having them all... Continue reading
Posted Sep 5, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Another day in the kitchen with Ali (pork belly, homemade Nutella, Lancashire hot pot and more)
Alasdair (Ali) will be heading back to England in a week for school and won't be back until his half term break in October so I took a day off work and we made plans to have a cook-a-thon. Ali's... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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You officially win for suckiest weekend. Highest score I've heard today. I'm so sorry!
VACA...NONE? Vol. 2
POST-EDIT: ADD: Run to hardware store to buy Shop Vac when plumber kindly points out that basement is filling with water from the downpour leaking in through the window and has now covered two rooms. Gasp in horror when Micalangela shows up with the cover to her catalytic converter in her h...
Bits and Bobs
Just a few bits and bobs before I return with some more food. I bought this ginger 2 months ago at Russo's. It had some nodules sticking out of it and it was damp and fresh so I took a... Continue reading
Posted Jul 31, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Porchetta or Pork Butt(shoulder) on the Spit
Porchetta (pork butt on the spit) This is a 10 minute of prep time recipe that will knock your socks off. Big flavor, incredibly moist (even as leftovers!) and it will make your neighborhood smell like an Italian street festival... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Weekend Farmstand Haul
A sunny Saturday and the top down. I went out rte 119 to Groton, back to Pepperell and Littleton and then a stop in Concord. Here is a paleo girl's haul of goodies and delights. John Crown Farm for another... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Korean Radish Salad or Banchan with a twist
First seed you attempted to grow? RADISH! Large contents of your CSA box until at least August? RADISH! You've had them with butter in a sandwich, you've added them to every salad, you've kept a bowl of them in your... Continue reading
Posted Jul 5, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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John Crow Farm Spit Roasted Free Range Chicken
See that deliciousness spinning down below? That my little chicken skeptics was the finest chicken I have eaten in a very, very long time. It might involve a little work or travel to get it, but it was worth every... Continue reading
Posted Jun 29, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Slow Cooked Pork Shoulder in the Italian Style
Summer you say? So hot you can only eat salads and look at homemade gourmet popsicles? Well not in New England buddy. You've heard of the Mason Dixon line, that mistical invisible divider of the North and the South? We're... Continue reading
Posted Jun 26, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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You're Welcome
I am just going to publish a little link here. A link that will change your life if you are off sugar and looking for dessert. It involves 1 ingredient and 1 machine. You're welcome. Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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A new direction
Smoked duck breast, seared foie, pickled cipoline, marinated artichoke heart, sauteed mushrooms, sauteed apple, mache, arugula sprouts and mesclun I haven't been posting recipes here for quite some time. Either it's just more of the same old same old, Tue... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Pork Stock and Pork Tenderloin Sous Vide
A little photo pictorial of last weekend's projects. Today I am researching pork belly ideas. What will it be this weekend? Painted pork bones roasting for pork stock. Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble... My mini kitchen upstairs in the old... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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I really hope to witness one someday. But they always make me cry like a fool.
Flashmob Alitalia
A delightful moment courtesy of The Empress and the Mah Jongg ladies:
I've been Googled
I really don't know where to begin this post because what happened is so surreal, so fabulous, so crazy that even I have a hard time believing it happened but I'll try to explain the incredible event that happened to... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Why the radio silence?
October. Really? Have I not been here since October? No, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. NO, I haven't stopped cooking, or trying new things, but I have been too busy to come here and tell you... Continue reading
Posted Jan 14, 2011 at Amuse Bouche
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Maitake - Hen of the Woods (Sauteed Maitake and Chanterelle over Creamy Polenta)
Sunday I am pattering around the kitchen working on my 5-hour roast duck. I'm just stuffing the cavity with ginger and scallions and getting it in the oven when I see Dad pull up. I pull open the door and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 8, 2010 at Amuse Bouche
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A Weekend in Maine
For your delecation and visual stimulation a weekend in Maine. A bottle of wine saved my my stepdad to celebrate his retirement. It was divine. We had it with these... A couple rib eye David Chang style. and these...local Maine... Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2010 at Amuse Bouche
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Long Time No Chat
Where have I been you might ask? Or perhaps not. Summer is fading like a memory and fall is nipping and snapping at its heals. It's been the usual busy time of the year for me. I finally closed on... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2010 at Amuse Bouche
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Words that I need to live by more often.
Delightful
Remember my friend, Dilly the Volunteer? He was a seed dropped by a bird, a seed that saw an opportunity to be hidden against my concrete pineapple until he was too big to be confused with a weed. A lovely opportunist. By September, Dilly had become much more brazen, established in his s...
Ideas in Food at Craigie on Main: Activa
I've been following Alex and Aki at Ideas in Food for several years now and I managed to somehow miss the class they did at Stir so when it popped up in my twitter stream from @tmaws that they would... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2010 at Amuse Bouche
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I love that in the midst of it all you find a way to inspire yourself to start 'doing' and creating. I need a bit of your mojo this summer.
The River Runs Through It
Thank you all for your comments. You made me laugh and you made me cry. I have gotten this bout out of my system, for the weekend at least. I am amazed at the deep feelings I am having this time around. I think the only cure for it is for The Princess to hurry up and get married and ha...
Making Tomato Paste in Sicily
I've been clearing out my 10 years of cooking magazines, culling recipes, etc. This is one of my favorite photos from Saveur, I thought I had lost it but the issue magically appeared in a heap on my library desk.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2010 at Amuse Bouche
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DIE SQUIRREL DIE!!!!
WAR IS ON Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2010 at Amuse Bouche
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