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Salt and Vinegar Broiled Fingerling Potatoes

by Carolyn on November 10, 2009

Fast, easy and highly addictive recipe for broiled fingerling potatoes with salt and vinegar adapted from Martha Stewart Living.

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My perfect oatmeal

by Carolyn on November 3, 2009

A quick, easy recipe for my perfect bowl of oatmeal.

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Raw Beet Salad

by Carolyn on August 26, 2009

A healthy and delicious raw beet salad with goat cheese and walnuts is a recipe for a more productive day and a longer life. For a Kennedy-quality legacy, you’re on your own.

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All about babies

by Carolyn on June 23, 2009

Recipe for farro salad with baby beets, beet greens, caramelized onions and feta cheese.

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Cognitive Dipsonance

by Carolyn on May 19, 2009

What do a bunch of perfectly self-respecting ramps get themselves into when they kick back and go on vacation? A bowl of hot, bubbly Ramp Spinach Dip, that’s what.

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Fine Swine & Dandy

by Carolyn on May 12, 2009

Quick, easy recipe for a salad of dandelion greens with bacon and a pan vinaigrette.

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Spring vegetable pizza to grow on

by Carolyn on May 5, 2009

Recipe for a homemade pizza with mushrooms and asparagus inspired by Primo restaurant in Rockland, Maine. But the pizza is the least of what Primo inspired.

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The Year of Magical Beans

by Carolyn on April 7, 2009

Recipe for a rustic fava bean purée adapted from Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food.

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The enlightened sandwich

by Carolyn on March 31, 2009

Recipe for a special sandwich of shredded chicken, provolone cheese, cabbage slaw, sliced avocado, tomatoes and chipotle aioli.

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Easy recipe for panzanella (Italian bread salad) with chickpeas, with or without a bounty of vegetables.

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Basic rights of people and pancakes

by Carolyn on March 16, 2009

Versatile basic recipe for homemade pancakes, with or without whole wheat flour. You shouldn’t have to shop to make these!

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Sweetberry, tweetberry, pick me a wheatberry

by Carolyn on February 24, 2009

Recipe for an easy, healthy wheatberry salad studded with dried fruits.

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Tortellini Retrograde

by Carolyn on February 3, 2009

A simple soup of tortellini in broth with spinach is the ultimate quick comfort food.

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Comfort and Virtue

by Carolyn on January 27, 2009

A pair of recipes for a comforting winter meal: classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese and Fennel and Orange Salad.

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Pizza 44

by Carolyn on January 20, 2009

An Inauguration Day pizza with all the wit and charisma of President Barack Obama. Well, okay, maybe not quite all.

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The Year of the Huevos

by Carolyn on January 7, 2009

Umami Girl sets goals for the new year and eats fried eggs with tomatillo salsa.

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Bohemian breakfast

by Carolyn on October 15, 2008

Recipes for homemade granola, adapted from Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa, and homemade apple compote.

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Red-headed stepchild

by Carolyn on October 2, 2008

Recipe for a satisfying side dish of red cabbage and apples braised in apple cider and vinegar.

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Quick, easy and healthy recipe for Disappearing Zucchini Orzo, adapted from the Camille Kingsolver recipe in Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

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Zucchini Cheddar Bread from Joy of Cooking

by Carolyn on July 29, 2008

Recipe for a savory zucchini cheddar bread adapted from Joy of Cooking.

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Cheap thrills with punky fruit

by Carolyn on July 25, 2008

Adaptable recipe for an easy fruit compote to use when you have a lot of fruit that’s a little past its peak.

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Zucchini love

by Carolyn on July 10, 2008

When life gives you a zucchini patch that spreads to the compost heap, make Zucchini and Saffron Vichyssoise—and play baseball.

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Garlic scape hummus

by Carolyn on July 3, 2008

Recipe for Garlic Scape Hummus inspired by the world’s best hummus from Olives in Princeton, NJ.

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Spoonful of suga’

by Carolyn on June 26, 2008

Recipe for a fresh and delicious garlic scape pesto.

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Guac-umami

by Carolyn on June 22, 2008

Everyone has a favorite way to make homemade guacamole. This is my umami-rich version.

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Links to resources about green garlic, and a recipe for Basil and Green Garlic Pesto.

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Sorrel Soup

by Carolyn on June 11, 2008

This sorrel and potato soup is perfect as a first course or light lunch when the days start to warm up.

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Chard and garlic greens frittata

by Carolyn on June 10, 2008

Recipe for an easy frittata with chard and garlic greens.

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