Julie | April 25, 2007

Dinner last night was a tiny boneless organic leg of lamb (less than 2 lb), roasted with onion, shallot, lemon quarters, prunes, and green olives, after Mario Batali (from Molto Italiano). I didn’t have time to marinate because Jeremy was craving lamb, so I just seasoned it aggressively inside and out, trussed it, tossed it [...]
Category: Dinner, Meat, Sides, Veggies and Salads |
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Tags: bacon, braise, cream, lamb, leek, lemon, olive, onion, prune, roast, shallot
Julie | April 25, 2007

Yesterday was an incredibly busy evening. We walked home from work, and went right back out with the dog for the better part of an hour. While Jeremy took the pup inside for her chow, I stayed out and did some gardening for about an hour, weeding the herb garden and planting a few of [...]
Category: Sides, Veggies and Salads |
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Tags: celeriac, onion, pan-fry, potato
Julie | April 16, 2007

Dinner last night was a roasted chicken cooked very simply according to Thomas Keller’s instructions here. You almost can’t call it a recipe, because it was so simple—4 lb chicken rinsed and dried thoroughly, S&P inside and out, roasted at 450F for 70 minutes until temped out—but it made a fantastically juicy chicken with lovely [...]
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Tags: chicken, mustard, roast, turnip
Julie | April 15, 2007

A deliciously rich and homey chocolate bread pudding that my husband frequently craves.
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Tags: bread, brulee, chocolate, chocolate chip, cream, gold star, pudding
Julie | April 4, 2007

…are too good not to share. An example of this is the lamb kefthedes I made for dinner last week, which came out to be the best meatballs I’ve ever eaten, bar none. Wait… those Sardinian meatballs are pretty fantastic too, but in a very different, soft and saucy way. The photo doesn’t do them [...]
Category: Dinner, Meat, Sides, World Cuisines |
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Tags: fry, garlic, Greek, lamb, lemon, meatball, mint, oregano, potato