Julie | March 17, 2013

My experience following a locavore diet for three days.

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Julie | March 14, 2012

Homemade beef stock is the ideal base for French onion soup, enlivened with creamy Gruyere cheese flans and toothsome barley.

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Tags: barley, bone broth, gluten-free, gold star, Gruyere, onion, souffle

Julie | November 26, 2011

A recounting of our 2011 Thanksgiving dinner, and a few of the best recipes from it.

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Tags: apple cider, bake, brine, Brussels sprout, butternut squash, challah, chestnut, cookie, cranberry, cream, crumb crust, date, fresh bread, gravy, green beans, hazelnut, oyster, pie, pie crust, pomegranate, potato, rice, roast, rolls, sage, soup, stuffing, turkey, walnut

Julie | September 28, 2011

Roasted tomato bisque with potato latke melts and pickled peppers, a warming autumn meal.

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Tags: bisque, cream, fermentation, Fontina, gardening, pepper, potato, preservation, roast, tomato

Julie | August 13, 2011

Pasta embedded with zucchini, creamy zucchini-spinach soup, and even zucchini brownies—yet more ways to eat up that prolific pile of squash.

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Tags: bake, brownies, chocolate, garlic, puree, purslane, spinach, zucchini

Julie | July 26, 2011

For the first time ever, I met a parsnip I actually liked, spun into a silky, savory puree.

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Tags: chops, cream, green beans, leftovers, parsnip, pistachio, pork, puree, salmon, smoked salmon, soup, zucchini

Julie | May 3, 2011

Yakami, an odd little family tradition at my house, is a rudimentary soup based around pork broth, spaghetti, and hard boiled eggs.

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Tags: bake, cake, coconut, dried pasta, egg, ketchup, lemon, pork, scallion

Julie | April 6, 2011

The first few days after our move to Colorado, complete with both summer weather and snow; and a chipotle-roasted chicken for all weather.

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Tags: chicken, chipotle, compound butter, dried beans, gardening, Mexican, rice, roast, tomato, tortilla

Julie | January 30, 2011

Chicken soup with a Thai twist, rich with coconut milk and aromatic with curry and lemon—a not-so-common cure for the common cold!

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Tags: chicken, coconut milk, curry, lemon, rice, spices, spinach

Julie | January 3, 2011

A trip down Memory Lane with a very simple soup of macaroni, milk and butter.

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Tags: butter, dried pasta, macaroni, milk