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From: Montclair, NJ USA

Joined: November 22nd, 2009

About me: I can't be the only person who starts thinking about what to cook next while I am doing the dishes for the meal I just finished eating ... right?

Favorite cookbook: I flirt with all of them. But I am a sucker for good writing and great pictures.

Favorite recipe: Pretty much any combo of good bread and great cheese.


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June 20th, 2020

Slow-Roasted Tomatoes from One Good Dish

A dish that could not be simpler to make, and absolutely delicious. Topped the cooled tomato with a room temperature slice of mozzarella drizzled with EVOO and some ribbons of basil. A real treat. read more >


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Website: Emerils.com

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Over the holidays my husband insisted that I make Emeril's turnip soup (from the Farm to Fork cookbook) for my in-laws. Unfortunately, the cookbook was home and I was not. But Emeril's website came through with this version -- not identical to the other version -- but still quite tasty. I wasn't able to find the very young turnips that I used in the other version, and I expect that the more mature turnips I used here were responsible for the slightly bitter undertaste of the soup. Nonetheless, both my in-laws and my pre-teen niece pronounced this version to be "awesome."

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7th December 2010

Walnut Quick Bread

I was looking for a walnut bread to accompany a nice blue cheese for tonight's dinner. Originally I had planned to make a yeast bread, but ran out of time, so I googled for a walnut quick bread and found this one. It turned out really well -- sweet but not too sweet and the walnut flavor really came through and was perfect with the cheese. I did toast the slices after the bread completely cooled so the texture of the bread was a little firmer, making it easier to spread the cheese.

This will also be good toasted and buttered for breakfast tomorrow morning.

Served with a French turnip/potato/leek soup.

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