tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817694955522141512011-09-11T09:41:16.167-04:00sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.comBlogger1291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-58182325437425430762011-03-20T22:58:00.005-04:002011-03-20T23:17:23.458-04:00

I have been trying to learn to make drinks.I am relying heavily on Robert Hess's book: The Essential Bartender's Guide and it's been great for me because I really wanted to learn old-fashioned ways of making the drinks, and he is insistent on the basics and the originals.I started with the old fashioned, one of the original cocktails. It contains sugar, bourbon, water, and bitters. Garnish is

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I got a sweet mac and cheese cookbook in December, and I finally made a recipe from it tonight! the book is: Macaroni & Cheese by Marlena Spieler.As usual I made some modifications. I ended up using all 4 burners at a time and a lot of pots and pans to get this one done. It's not actually that simple, but super worth it. Her recipe is called "Yankee Doodle Dandy Baked Macaroni & Cheese" and I

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I decided that new year's should be decadent and I should make something new, so I decided to attempt to make a "Mont Blanc" a vaguely French, but very popular in Japan dessert that resembles a snow topped mountain. ("White Mountain.") I had brought some chestnut paste (actually Marron Paste) home with me from France in August, and this just seemed like the time to give it a try.A Mont Blanc is

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julekake means "christmas cake" in Norwegian - but really this is a yeast bread with dried fruit bits in it. it's so good.Julekake - Norwegian Christmas bread: makes two loavesMix dry ingredients together in a very large bowl:1.5 liters of flour250 grams of sugar1/2 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons of cardamomPrepare your yeast:mix two packets of dry yeast with 1 deciliter of lukewarm water and 2

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In the usual "oh man it's Tuesday night and we just got all these new vegetables from the farm share we better eat *last* week's vegetables" scramble, I made this tasty pasta.I started out with a mirepoix in butter. onion, carrot, celery, half a stick of butter. OK fine, a whole stick. Then garlic. Then I wasn't sure what my next move was. I we had beets, so I diced those fine and tossed them in

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While sarah elisabeth was in france with gina marie, we were treated to an amazing lasagna from our friend, Zeke.Zeke had, of course, gotten the recipe from another woman, but added his own elements. like ricotta and nutmeg.We loved reading the package of fresh lasagna noodles that we got at Carrefour. It gave very simple instructions on how to make a lasagna (about 5 lines.) The 3rd like Prepare

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I was walking around in whole foods - and I just wanted to make ice cream out of everything... avocados, pears, pineapple... everything. but then, I realized Bananas!chloe recently lent us over at 48 her her ice cream maker for awhile. making ice cream is really really fun.Along with the maker, chloe lent us some books so we could make the ice cream. this recipe is the Caribbean banana and

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We got a lot of shrimp from our fish share - emily did lots of work shelling them, and made some delicious scampi. The rest? she froze. Excellent. When I got back from my little mini vacation in Vermont, I was resupplied with potatoes from stone soup farm. I went with something chowdery - I used this recipe - http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/potato-soup-with-shrimp-recipe/index.html

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-83722419520837837092010-02-28T19:43:00.002-05:002010-02-28T20:55:28.136-05:00

Recently the residents of 48 hosted a clothing swap. we had to feed the people, so we made hot lemonade and norwegian waffles.we've made hot lemonade once before. It's easy, and it's a good combo of refreshing and comfortingly warm in the winter. It can be spiked, but best to do it individually (as always, I recommend whiskey.)recipe? lemon juice, water, sugar. heat. Slices lemons to garnish.

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-5092324528960976182010-02-28T19:23:00.006-05:002010-02-28T19:42:56.466-05:00

So, I've made beef stew on the blog before - but this time I got local meat and vegetables from the winter farmer's market. The beef was grass fed from Gibbet Hill in Groton, MA. delicious.Here's the pictures....

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Hello, ducklings.First item of business is that I intend to post again. Go easy on me. I'm rusty.Second is that I have changed the comments settings for our blog. We have been getting these oh-so-lovely spams about China and Viagra and 20 ways a person can make money real quick. I don't want to read that. I don't want you to have to read that. Lord knows, I don't read Sarah Elisabeth's fish

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-6810782083075262092010-01-21T19:39:00.007-05:002010-01-21T20:08:21.298-05:00

So, we at 48 have been engaging in a Community Supported Fishery (or CSF, or Fish Share.) It's called Cape Ann Fresh Catch http://namanet.org/csf/cape-ann-fresh-catch We are splitting it with another household, so every other week or so we get, basically a few whole fish. We will also be getting shrimp, but that has not materialized yet.This week, we got a whole cod, already gutted, and a

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So, I made squash soup and toasted seeds the other day and posted about them without taking pictures.Today I gave it another try, but this time I took some pictures.Changes: the squash soup this time was more of a root vegetable soup - in addition to a winter squash, a delicata, another little one, and a butternut squash, I also roasted 4 beets and a kohlrabi. I roasted the beets on top of the

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I have made this soup twice now, so I am starting to feel like a real expert.We are getting lots of great vegetables from the Stone Soup Farm CSA, and the regular distribution ended last week. One of the things we got was tomatillos, which like like little green tomatoes wrapped in corn husks.When I don't know what to do and it's fall, I make soup. Mark Bittman explained to me in How to Cook

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So I read this blog, SouleMama, which is written by a woman in Maine. She tends to make pretty and delicious things. I don't manage the pretty things much, but I do aspire to the delicious.The other day, in her post about fall's harvest, she recommended a recipe from 101 cookbooks. It was perfect. I had an acorn squash, a sugar pumpkin, and two butternuts at home aching to be eaten. it's been

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I listened to mark bittman and also to my instincts.We had 2 and a half bags of apples, 3 cartons of pears, and ripening was happening fast. (apple picking is tempting but dangerous). So I made apple desserts all weekend: two apple crumbles and an apple pie. I wasn't in love with this apple pie, so I'll post about it when I am ready to try again. Hopefully you will hear about gina marie's

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-88769060823937804012009-10-05T15:46:00.002-04:002009-10-05T15:50:49.645-04:00

So, from our farmshare with stone soup farm, we get popcorn each year.(picture courtesy of stone soup)It lasts for years, literally, which is great. I went on a camping trip over 4th of july weekend and tried to recreate the magic of popcorn on the stove with popcorn on the campfire.it came out deliciously (healthy amounts of salt and butter were included.)what you do, is you use your thumb to

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Over the summer there was a lot of grilling. one of the special things that happened was a lot of grilling packets.to grill in a packet: chop vegetables, add oil or butter, add spices/salt, wrap in tin foil. Grill until delicious.so easy, and the things taste amazing.Good combos include: pretty much any vegetable with garlic and oil, any fresh herbs you have are good.I did an experiment and did

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-15383192430608275692009-07-01T11:55:00.007-04:002009-07-01T13:54:51.717-04:00

So our farmshare from Stone Soup Farm is gifting us with delicious eggs this year that are from the chickens they have been raising on the farm!gina marie and roommate emily and I went and saw the chickens earlier this spring.Here is a gratuitous picture of gina marie and baby cows.After our first farmshare delivery, I decided to whip up a little sandwich for myself in the morning. fresh spinach

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we got a lot of garlic scapes a few weeks ago. I had seen a mention of garlic scape pesto, and decided to make it. Without really consulting a lot of recipes. It turns out that it's a little harsh without any basil, but it worked okay.My pesto was basically the followwing things combined in the magic bullet: olive oil, chopped garlic scapes, slivered almonds, microplaned pecorino romano, salt,

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The other day, I went strawberry picking with gina marie and chloe elizabeth (of Greetings from the Chaise Lounge) and we got some delicious, although slightly waterlogged, strawberries.It has been raining a lot here. The raining means that the strawberries are not as sweet as they could be, and go bad fast. The solution?Make jam. and spread it on toast. (farmshare bread toast.)to make the jam:

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I am going to start posting again.I am writing that here so that you will hold me to it. First off, I will start writing what the contents is of my household's farmshare from Stone Soup Farm is every week. Sarah emily is getting a different farmshare now that she has moved to jp, so hopefully she will post too, and we can compare the bounties of our farmshares!second, I am going to have to cook

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gina mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836535830736118731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-77932303604772488512009-03-30T11:35:00.002-04:002009-04-24T12:25:18.212-04:00

Here's a word cloud of this bog. Garlic much? If you click on it it gets bigger and cooler.

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So I was heading off to babysit the other day (lie, I was watching kids by the dozen on my couch, waiting for the kid to call me) the mom calls, and says: "max isn't coming home till later, but you can come make dinner now. I have some cod fillets for Jesse, and some steak for max."I was like, "sure!" and then immediately sped to the internet. what would I do with cod? Cook's illustrated to

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Sorry for my intense and obvious lack of posting, y'all...I haven't cooked in a month. No joke. I boiled some pasta and put pesto on it the other day, but that was a major event. And I had purchased the pesto at the store.I am hoping this isn't a permanent state of affairs... look for a post from me next time I cook...xoxoqueen of ellipses

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"You are of course a genius inventive cook. Do you know where I always keep/kept the ginger? Right, in the freezer. But I cooked so seldom you probably thought it was a relic from Pennsylvania."so it looks like my happy accident may have been genetically engineered. whatevs. (I'm currently pre-heating the oven and waiting for my rosemary-whole wheat bread to rise. it's a nice afternoon

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-81325597776614509362009-01-15T18:43:00.005-05:002009-01-15T18:56:04.565-05:00

I think I discovered something brilliant. possibly.a while back my ginger fell off of the top of the fridge into my freezer. I discovered it about a month ago. at the time, I couldn't think of a reason why I should or should not take the ginger out, most likely because I was contemplating something else, like where I put my jeans. (in the underwear drawer, btw.)well, tonight I needed the

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-31504860918002292642008-12-13T17:44:00.001-05:002008-12-13T17:45:13.347-05:00

we have a whole lot of carrots from the farm share.  a whole lot.  like 8 poundsish right now.  We would have more carrots, but last night I made lentil soup with quadruple the normal amount of carrots.  and today I made carrot muffins.  the frosting makes them like dessert.the recipe was an all-recipes situation.  Check out the original here.  first I preheated the oven  to 350 degrees and I

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today I decided to peruse simply recipes, a blog that we've featured here before. I was collecting recipes for a work project right now, but all the recipes have to appeal to folks who a) eat meat, and b) don't really want to change their eating habits but know that they should be eating healthier food. so I do a lot of retyping and formatting recipes for "quick beef casserole," and "baked

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-10465067669455661602008-11-14T10:37:00.004-05:002008-11-14T10:51:06.796-05:00

I've discussed my polenta quest before here. so far, I haven't really discovered anything revolutionary, other than the polenta croutons I had at dinner this summer. now I've found the perfect solution to my dilemma - but I don't know if I should do it. The Cambridge Center for Adult Education is offering a winter course called, "The Possibilities of Polenta."Discover the rich, delicious

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-42901964555161971372008-10-31T13:42:00.003-04:002008-10-31T14:08:28.632-04:00

I'm in Brooklyn this week for work and last night I went out to dinner with some New York-dwelling friends. because we were in a hurry to catch Eric's show, Riz and Johann suggested a quick place near their apartment. it was definitely quick, but what perhaps would have been more informative was that Mama's Food Shop is a monster of food. Heather and I decided to split a plate of three sides.

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-56746418725828848812008-10-21T09:44:00.005-04:002008-10-21T10:11:15.570-04:00

there was no blog of the month for october. so this blog will have to take on the mighty responsibility of being two blogs in one.Mad Tasty:I met dave at a judith butler reading. he was smart, funny, and had a cute adopted accent to boot. now he has a food blog that features a crazy variety of contributers and recipes. one recent post suggests that you shouldn't feel bad about not making your

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last night I cooked up a monster dinner for some nice folks in honor of my birthday. recipes and pictures are on the way. so is the amazing adventures with apple pie that gina marie and I experienced this weekend. these posts may take a little while to go up, because I'm back to crazy traveling on thursday, but I'll do my best to spread the joy as quickly as possible.

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-34944430532474113222008-10-15T15:54:00.000-04:002008-10-15T15:55:01.520-04:00

last night, sarah elisabeth and I made a 3 part dinner of farmshare goodness. we'll post each dish separately, beginning with the portion on the left: greens, beans, and flax.this was designed to use up old kale and add some protein to the dinner. you need:some kalesome cabbagean onionsome cannelloni beanstoasted sesame oila healthy handful of flax seedssalt to tasteyou do:I feel a little silly

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dealing with an overflow of vegetables from the farm share (in a good way!), sarah emily and I endeavored to make a dent in the situation last night. My favorite thing pretty much ever is mashed potatoes, so I went down that route, and attempted to deal with the turnips as well, even though I am not such an experienced turnip-person. sarah emily was more adventurous and made a yummy roasted

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we've been kind of terrible about posting lately. sarah elisabeth has been crazy busy and I've been crazy busy in a different way and gina marie is...busy too? anyway, we have been cooking but there hasn't been the time to post. we're getting back on track now, which mostly involves me getting pictures off of my phone and onto the interwebs. thank you to the folks who have put up with our

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I made apple crisp the other day and I forgot to post. That one is pictured above...Last night I made it again, with some changes. What I learned: change is bad.Both times I made this I was working with some ingredient constraints. I wanted to use my America's Test Kitchen Classics cookbook recipe (it's the Cook's Illustrated recipe), but it called for six tablespoons of flour, and we had a

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I wrote this in August, and I have been waiting for the pictures. Of course, there are 100 pictures, so you will have to go look at them here! You will get to see pictures of the farm, the farmer, the farm tour, the beautiful jewelery and glasswork at the farm, and then our trip to Northampton on the way home.And now, the post I wrote:Stone Soup Farm is having their chilifest for CSA members

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sarah emily here. as a non-norwegian, I wanted to chime in about aquavit. once you taste it, you will immediately understand why it is the beverage of choice when eating rotting fish. this will sterilize you. the first time I tried it, the taste reminded me of the dentist. I can't explain it more than that. it's actually not bad, though. I wouldn't call it good, but it does have a very

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It is just so exciting when Norwegian treats are featured on teh interwebz!check out http://www.chow.com/stories/11298 - an article about aquavit, a classic norwegian beverage that I drink chilled, and with beer. but not usually with rotting fish.

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folks, it is berry week over at the ppk. what does that mean? it means delicious vegan berry recipes for everyone. day one kicked off with marionberry lavender scones. holy crap, people. I want those now.one nice thing about Isa and the ppk blog: the comments are full of helpful information from curious cooks like yourself. I love the comments of most blogs and most cooking blogs in

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-72909061740076793242008-08-24T20:09:00.009-04:002008-08-24T20:41:05.073-04:00

this recipe is so good that I sometimes find myself fantasizing about it and then I know it's time to whip up some dhal again. I originally got this off the Post Punk Kitchen website (see our links), so all credit needs to go to the amazing Isa. not only does it taste deee-lish, but I get to use my mortar and pestle! hm. both of those words look like better Scrabble words than they really

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-46131347352789138362008-08-13T23:09:00.005-04:002008-08-14T00:01:30.038-04:00

As I threatened, I made the blueberry grunt featured in a recent post on VeganYumYum. I followed Lolo's recipe basically to a T, so I am not going to reproduce it here except for changes, suggestions, etc.I made the one-big-grunt-steamed-in-a-pan version. Not as cute as the individual grunts, but I think less work. They came out pretty well - well enough that gina marie, roommate emily and I all

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-60410046437561296122008-08-11T11:36:00.002-04:002008-08-11T11:52:31.334-04:00

I was at a fantastic birthday party for Ms. Chloe the other night, and I met a famous vegan foodblogger. Lolo's blog, VeganYumYum, is pretty right on. She has lots of beautiful pictures of vegan baked goods and other animal-free food including special cupcakes for knitting night (she was totes on Martha Stewart) and something called blueberry grunts - which I am dying to make, both because they

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-83285361809541098182008-08-07T14:17:00.004-04:002008-08-08T14:34:53.908-04:00

sarah elisabeth and gina marie might veto my nomination for blog of the month. it's not really a cooking blog. it is, however, a blog about the perils and delights of eating. or decorating, rather. Cake Wrecks is one of those sites that makes you real glad we got the internet. basically, it's a collection of hideous cakes - and there are so many reasons why a cake can be hideous. I never

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-67799008420287399162008-08-07T13:28:00.006-04:002008-08-07T13:39:52.933-04:00

way simple, way yummy:slice some basil and garlic polenta into rounds about 1/2" thick. place on a baking sheet. wash and slice a beet or two into rounds about the same thickness. maybe it's a big beet, in which case you can halve your beet rounds. put one beet piece on top of each polenta round. take some fresh basil and place a few leaves on top of your polenta-beet cakes. you can also

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-12223298569999062992008-08-06T11:19:00.009-04:002008-08-07T13:26:31.016-04:00

I've wanted to make biscotti since I saw a friend do it and realized that the fancy Italian name does not actually mean this is complex and agonizing. it's no soufflé, folks. last night I mentioned to gina marie that I had found a pumpkin biscotti recipe and kind of wanted to make it. once she gave me permission (I was using her kitchen, after all), I set off to work with help from the folks

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-82942310849895457292008-08-04T15:30:00.002-04:002008-08-04T15:40:51.025-04:00

it's true. it's not. that's mostly why i never like cole slaw. but you know what is my friend? fennel. also, epicurious.com, which found me a recipe for cabbage and fennel cole slaw. which did have mayonnaise, but you know what? i didn't hate it. this is how you do it:.quarter, core, and very thinly slice a head of cabbage .wash the cabbage (i washed first and it was not easy. i think you wash

gina mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836535830736118731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-77978958719461555512008-08-04T15:04:00.002-04:002008-08-04T15:21:49.672-04:00

(read to the end of the recipe first! if you don't, you might be sad!)so, sometimes i want to make guacamole because the avocados are actually ripe, but i forget to buy everything else...like cilantro and tomatoes. oops. this is what happens:.chop 2 avocados pretty small.chop 3/4 of a red (purple?) onion really small.squeeze all the juice out 1/2 lime. squeeze a lot..steal a small handful of

gina mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836535830736118731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-35043046874387270372008-08-03T22:56:00.005-04:002008-08-03T23:17:06.585-04:00

gina marie and sarah elisabeth had a housewarming to welcome their new roommate, emily, and her cat, bartlett. Some food was made in this process.sarah elisabeth made some pasta salad. she didn't have enough dressing, so sarah emily brought her some. so nice! Here is what was in it:1.5 diced farmshare cucumbers1.5 diced tomatoes from vermontsome chopped scallions1 diced red pepper1/2 diced

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-56527019707713907812008-07-28T19:16:00.005-04:002008-07-28T19:29:06.177-04:00

summer comes and sometimes you are too hot to cook. but you are still hungry. other times you just are exhausted from your day and cooking is hard. again, you're still hungry. thank goodness, then, for cucumbers, summer friend to the famished. a cucumber salad really needs nothing besides tasty cold cucumbers to make happy campers out of those hard working, sweaty summer laborers. so turn

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-48042462201176859052008-07-23T14:42:00.002-04:002008-07-23T14:50:10.800-04:00

I decided that it was okay to have another site of the month, since it is very close to the first one. Our CSA at Stone Soup Farm started a pretty rockin' vegetable encyclopedia. Today, via The Grinder, I found a whole grains encyclopedia. I have become mostly a whole grains kind of girl, when I can (although every once in awhile nothing beats some white pasta,) but sometimes I want to branch

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-16260023562921610712008-07-16T16:37:00.005-04:002008-07-16T17:01:20.475-04:00

oops.OK, I forgot to take pictures, sorry. But this is good.I was at a board meeting for the EMA Fund recently, where I am on the board (and where gina marie and sarah emily have both volunteered. If you want to volunteer, or give us money, you should let me know!) At this board meeting the host made us some food. It was *really* good, and I had to have the recipe. So, Erin Kate gave it to

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-22595743338204007882008-07-15T19:48:00.002-04:002008-07-15T20:07:46.018-04:00

ah, the foolish. I count myself among their number. let me explain:either with a hand mixer or blender, puree one can of corn with one cup vegetable stockadd cucumber, peeled and cut into inch-size pieces and pureeadd 3 tablespoons of yogurt (soy or otherwise) and 3 tablespoons of parsley; pureeadd 3 tablespoons of lime juice and pureeadd salt and curry powder to tastechillserveit's good. I

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-41660318582606398062008-07-15T09:20:00.003-04:002008-07-15T09:33:37.314-04:00

on my way home last night, I stopped by my local farmer's market. the vegetables were beautiful - and occasionally mystifying. as I fondled a gorgeous cluster of pea tendrils, my roommate asked me what a person would do with those. "cook them like greens?" I suggested, really having no idea other than my deep instinct that pea tendrils were the greatest thing ever. we paused over some pumpkin

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-63199761468000323352008-06-24T10:10:00.005-04:002008-06-24T10:41:54.255-04:00

this is the pattern of CSA cooking: the night before your new delivery of farm food, you look around your kitchen at the leftover vegetables and think, "what kind of a dish can these all make together?" as a result, one night of the week sort of becomes ExperiMental night. last night I set the brown rice up to cook and then began exploring my vegetable state. I had some leeks that my roommate

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-59383860850544995872008-06-21T22:20:00.002-04:002008-06-21T22:36:15.076-04:00

I got home from Portland Pride tonight and was lazy for a good long time because I had eaten around 4:30. Eventually I decided to get off my ass and make something to eat. While I was in Portland I had purchased a half pound of Maine's award-winning cheese: City of Ships from Hahn's End. I wanted to eat a little of it.I put some water on and cooked up half a box of elbows. I melted a third of

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-19854303531236987912008-06-20T16:15:00.007-04:002008-06-20T16:41:17.895-04:00

I put off posting about the soup the night I made it because, frankly, I was disappointed. true, I didn't follow the recipe exactly, but it just didn't have enough garlic. but then I had it for lunch the next day and you know what? there was plenty of garlic flavor that just needed a little time to show up.below is the recipe as I made it. if you want to follow the new york times' directions,

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-12796998999932726582008-06-19T10:16:00.010-04:002008-06-19T10:32:55.575-04:00

Inspired by Antonia on Top Chef, a funky recipe on 101Cookbooks, and the beautiful, beautiful lettuces that I got in the first farmshare distribution yesterday, I decided to make salad. With rice.First I put on the rice - I picked a wild rice/red rice blend. It takes about an hour to cook, so be read to be in it for the longhaul.While the rice was cooking, I prepped the rest of the cold parts

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-58264892335806775502008-06-18T13:41:00.004-04:002008-06-19T09:34:08.288-04:00

we forgot a blog of the month. oops.here at leisurely breakfast, we don't really do much with meat. sarah elisabeth has been known to serve up a rack of such-and-such on occasion, but we just don't live very meaty lifestyles. this translates to our blog: if you're looking for carnivore advice, we're not your ann landers.this month's (tardy) blog is simply recipes, a site that not only has a

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-7833662320436527042008-06-18T10:46:00.000-04:002008-06-18T11:23:52.799-04:00

two wonderful things have happened within the last 24 hours: our farmshare has begun again and the new york times has printed 6 recipes and an article on the glory of garlic. farmshare time is my favorite because food tastes so much better when it's fresh from that day. I had no idea carrots had such complex flavors until I had eaten them direct from the farm. yesterday's pick up included

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-81064887710982594282008-06-09T20:40:00.011-04:002008-06-09T21:15:36.862-04:00

yesterday it was in the mid 90s here in Cambridge, MA. it was, in other words, the perfect day to put together Ikea furniture and paint it. after I completed one dining room chair, it was clear that the paint mixer at my local hardware store had misinterpeted the color sample I had picked out. instead of spring green, the chairs are the furniture equivilent of little green men. with three

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-62017689238409276982008-05-27T14:53:00.001-04:002008-05-27T14:54:13.900-04:00

you will need:1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (interpret "fresh" as you will)3/4 cup cold water1/2 cup agave nectar or honey (I used agave nectar because I hate honey)1/4 cup sugar2 generous teaspoons orange zest1 16-oz package of fresh strawberries, quartered and green bits removed2 8-oz packages of fresh raspberriesI have a lot of pictures for a very simple recipe. this is because

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-11075254259051186332008-05-22T16:05:00.001-04:002008-05-22T16:05:16.232-04:00

we recently opted to add our blog to VerveEarth, a sort of geographic blog project with a librarian's good instincts. this has got me thinking about what out blog has to say about living in cambridge, massachusetts - affectionately known as the people's republic of cambridge. probably not a lot. but it's interesting to think about the conclusions that one could draw about cantabridgians from

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-23212417505747472622008-05-20T20:37:00.006-04:002008-05-20T20:51:34.922-04:00

my roommate is moving out right now. she is taking everything. I don't think I realized how shoddy my kitchen collection was until she boxed her stuff up. I'm choosing to see this more as an opportunity to get the things I want rather than a problem. but this positive attitude can sometimes be challenging.for instance, tonight I set about making dinner. the first thing I did was pull out a

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-26702351877238946502008-05-16T10:33:00.004-04:002008-05-16T10:46:05.082-04:00

this morning, I decided to partake of someone's homemade chocolate chip cookies that they so generously brought into work to share with the office. I do not know who made these cookies. what I do know, though, is that they committed what I consider a major sin of chocolate chip cookie baking:they used cinnamon. a lot of cinnamon.this is far more common than it should be. it gives the cookies

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-32487372381877826922008-05-12T12:11:00.001-04:002008-05-12T12:11:47.660-04:00

one of boston's not-so-hidden treasures is the arnold arboretum. it is 265 acres of botanica located right in the city. I would like to someday visit the arboretum every day for a single year, because I am pretty certain that I would still not see everything that there is to be seen at the end of those 365 visits. if you find yourself in boston with nothing to do - or wish to blow off your

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-91030266228994894422008-05-12T11:45:00.001-04:002008-05-12T11:46:50.599-04:00

When sarah emily and I (sarah elisabeth) went to Norway once, we met a blackmetal fanatic, who was very nice and spoke a lot of English. He was disturbed that sarah emily didn't know who motorhead was, and he also was a computer programmer and at the very end of our visit to this particular bar, sarah emily and I were leaving to go to the awesome lesbo-bar in Oslo that is now sadly closed. I

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-90651940318282919582008-05-09T10:06:00.017-04:002008-05-12T10:51:39.723-04:00

Apparently gina marie and sarah emily are more fun than I am when I'm cooking ... this is them having fun in the kitchen :)When I was making the penne last week, I was seduced by asparagus at the store, and also bought fresh tomatoes - forgetting that I needed canned ones! In order to deal with this problem, I decided to retry my chard risotto recipe but this time with asparagus - and spiced up

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-71254608246170134142008-05-09T10:06:00.014-04:002008-05-12T10:28:40.523-04:00

This is another of my dad's old standbys. He actually used to make this at his restaurant. I made it more than a week ago, but I will try to remember the details.To start off, bought some *sweet* italian sausages at the whole foods. Usually I get little ones - but these were twice the size! I put them in a frying pan with the heat on low. I turn them every 5 minutes or so. I later learned

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-29924488206275195272008-05-07T10:05:00.005-04:002008-05-07T10:25:49.737-04:00

I'm currently looking for a new roommate and this is causing me to meditate a lot on what makes a home. for me, one of the important things, is a place where I can cook delicious food for myself and for my friends - and a place where we can enjoy the meal together comfortably. this was reinforced the other night when I made a recipe from a cookbook that my old roommate gave me as an

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-51975366218711880442008-05-01T14:23:00.001-04:002008-05-01T14:25:50.313-04:00

1. if you were a type of food, what food would you be?hmmm... a vegetable I think. Probably a spring one, because I was/am precocious ... peas.... no. asparagus? garlic? garlic-y asparagus!Or maybe butter. 2. if you could marry a food, which food would you commit yourself to for the rest of your life?Tacos - one commitment, lots of options! 3. if you and that food procreated, what would your

gina mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836535830736118731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-19492651248555292382008-05-01T14:12:00.003-04:002008-05-01T14:32:52.681-04:00

At Betsy's suggestion, we will be doing some more q&a (see - if you comment, we will pay attention!) Below are some questions of sarah emily regarding food. 1: What is your favorite meal from when you were a kid? my dad made killer nachos. the kind of nachos that were entree quality, not something that you eat up quickly to prevent passing out before the "real" meal arrived. the secret

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-66644972259786269892008-05-01T12:49:00.004-04:002008-05-01T12:57:04.093-04:00

I have talked a lot about seafood with people recently. Mostly about who likes shellfish and fish and who's allergic to what and what that might mean. So I had it on the brain. Also, I miss Norway and fishing there.As I was reading through one of our new blog links (see the lefthand panel here at leisurely breakfast for that) I noticed something interesting. The blog is Locavore Nation from

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-27763397167866751142008-04-30T19:53:00.004-04:002008-04-30T20:06:15.087-04:00

so, as i often do, i ended up with an avocado and nothing to do with it. and the other day, i ended up with a *huge* bag of cilantro in addition to that avocado, and even though i would happily eat guacamole for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, i decided to try something new. so i found a recipe for tofu fajitas, and made them without the fajitas (but this is the recipe that i basically copied: http

gina mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836535830736118731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-13577725146212244372008-04-30T13:24:00.004-04:002008-04-30T13:35:48.122-04:00

I really like the Minimalist, a New York Times column on making good, simple food. sometimes the dishes are not what I would personally cook for myself, but I appreciate the sentiment behind them. this week's featured dish is Chinese snow peas. it's crazy easy, but looks so tasty. I've linked to the recipe, not the column, so be sure to check out the article that accompanies the 2 steps that

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-49916831577764776032008-04-29T15:28:00.003-04:002008-04-29T15:35:28.728-04:00

who out there has been wondering where gina marie's posts have gone? (sarahs emily and elisabeth raise their hands.) I now present an interview on food with the missing blogger:1: What is the best food anyone has ever made for you? corn chowder out of a bag. does that count as "made"? otherwise, my grandma's escarole soup.2: What is the one thing you cannot make but would most like to learn

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-87634175316240920492008-04-29T11:07:00.003-04:002008-04-29T15:03:07.072-04:00

my friends, I have a dilemma. I love polenta. I love all kinds of polenta. this is not the dilemma. the dilemma is that all the recipes I have for polenta involve making the polenta, not what to do with the polenta once it has already entered into existence. sometimes I cut rounds of polenta and grill tofu and basil and tomato on top of it. sometimes I cut rounds of polenta and saute it

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-47003472028248873872008-04-23T22:40:00.002-04:002008-04-23T22:41:15.493-04:00

someone reads our blog and makes the food! sylvia has posted some pictures of chard risotto on her flickr ... check it out!

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-54065825616343093332008-04-22T13:46:00.000-04:002008-04-22T13:46:27.679-04:00

to begin: W.W.G.G.W.E. stands for, "Which Will Go Great With Everything." I think wwggwe is an underlying philosophy of my cooking. garlic would fall into the wwggwe category, although it's not a recipe. to continue: this recipe came to me via sean, who adopted it from his ex, who is - I hear - a formidable cook in her own right. if I were to judge based on this recipe, I would heartily

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-35420856471917077892008-04-22T00:05:00.008-04:002008-04-22T07:24:49.405-04:00

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-54098316924005391722008-04-16T12:16:00.005-04:002008-04-22T00:04:11.138-04:00

That is the one picture I remembered to take. I wanted to make the point that there were a *lot* of ingredients.---I have been meaning to post about vegetarian tacos for ages - it's a signature dish of mine that, as usual, I got from my dad. Every time I would make them though, I forgot to take pictures.I was all set when I made them last night (with some help from kristen and gina and

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-89191872467484772122008-04-09T14:35:00.003-04:002008-04-09T14:54:02.235-04:00

sometimes, you just need to look a little different. you want something newer, nicer, more hip. something the kids at school will love/hate-because-they're-jealous. like getting a perm in the 1980s. it instantly made you cooler and fluffier and just like everybody else....which is why we've added a links section to the blog. we know lots of folks who have great blogs and we also spend a lot

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-64982977323683938952008-04-07T19:25:00.006-04:002008-04-07T20:12:39.727-04:00

my goal this week is to use only items that I have in my house and not purchase any new groceries. oh, and cook with them; eating toast each night would be falling far short of my goal. tonight's project: soup.8 cups of water3 tsp veggie bouillon sauce or cubes1 cup or so red lentils1 bag of spinach1 yellow pepper1 can of corn3 shallots1 clove of garlic2 veggie burgerspaprikacurry powdergarlic

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-80595928597979674202008-04-06T18:31:00.004-04:002008-04-06T19:10:30.463-04:00

when I was in high school, one of my friends prepared a dish called 'white trash succotash' it consisted of corn, lima beans, salt, and butter and - despite its offensive name - was ridiculously tasty considering the few ingredients. she simply sauteed the corn and lima beans in butter, sprinkled salt over the whole mess, and scooped it out to eat. tonight I wanted something easy, quick, and

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I often eat oatmeal for breakfast. I use regular oats - not quick - and it's still fast enough for me to do before work unless I'm in an uber-rush. I've been meaning to share oatmeal with the blog for awhile, but I kept forgetting, but since I'm on a roll here, I present to you my morning oatmeal for one.Take a half a cup of oats and 1 cup of water and pour into a small saucepan (I usually use

sarah elisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908759023040474511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-53608733054634863282008-04-02T22:50:00.006-04:002008-04-05T10:41:06.484-04:00

My friend Christopher is having a vegan potluck this Friday in order to give my friend Jarrett the opportunity to talk a little bit about Stone Soup Farm and his CSA program (there are still farmshares available at the Harvard Square pickup location - check it out: http://stonesoupfarm.googlepages.com/ ) and to try everyone else's yummy food.I knew I wouldn't have time to cook Thursday or after

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I bought some rainbow chard at the stop and shop yesterday because it looked good and seemed right for the season. I knew I was making dinner today, but had no idea what I would make! At work I looked up recipes that had swiss chard and I was thinking I wanted to make soup, but most of the chard soups had anchovies in them - and I wasn't interested in making that tonight. But then I found a

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A few weeks ago, my friend Chloe and I made creme caramel aka flan to be the finale of our taco dinner. (I'll try and post about the tacos later.)My mom taught me to make this - my favorite desert - when I was in high school. You can make it in individual cups, but it is easier, and I think more fun, to make one big creme caramel. The recipe we use is basically the recipe from cooks'

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Recently, I made a trip over to our friend Chloe's house in Jamaica Plain because she said we could bake bread. She bakes things at an inn, and as such is Very Good At It. Not only did she help me bake bread, she also made amazing lasagna and tiramisu. Sooooo yummy.I only participated in the bread adventure, however, and Chloe was so kind as to mail me the recipe afterwards! The further

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OK y'all. our friend Jarrett Man has started a fabulous new farm called Stone Soup farm out in Belchertown, Mass. The farm will have a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) component where a weekly delivery of the harvest will be made in return for your financial support of the farm.This is Jarrett:I know Jarrett and his farming skills well, and I have nothing but the utmost faith in him and

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I have had a bowl full of butternut squashes on the counter for awhile now - ever since mi- december when the last farm share drop-off happened. They were starting to get moldy and rotten in some places, and I decided it was time to take action.I took them all out of the bowl, tossed the rotten ones, and cut off the bad piece of the only partly gone ones. Then I seeded them and peeled what was

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We had a superbowl party, and in its honor I made a big casserole dish full of many-layer dip. This is pretty infinitely modifiable.Preheat the oven to about 350 degrees F.in a casserole dish of some kind:spread one can of vegetarian refried beans across the bottomspread a jar of salsa over the beanstear two corn tortillas into pieces and spread evenly over the salsaspread a large container of

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So.... I had a lot of potatoes. and I decided I would make potato soup. I have no idea how to make potato soup, but, as I said to Susan - if I don't like it and it tastes like watery mashed potatoes - I'll just eat something from a can.It came out ok though!I covered the bottom of a soup pot generously with olive oil. I put the heat on low and diced an onion and put that in there with it.Then

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My mom made raisin buns all the time when I was a kid, and I would always complain because she didn't put enough raisins in them. When I found this recipe for a vegan version, I decided to become master of my own destiny. Raisins galore!I borrowed the recipe from here: http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/index.php?RecipeID=291I took 1/2 cup of earth balance and put it in a saucepan on low.

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sometimes breakfast is the hardest meal of the day. you wake up, you're hungry for something tasty, but you haven't been awake long enough to make actually decisions about what that something is. you could go out and buy something, but that would involve putting on shoes. cereal isn't serious enough and pancakes are so...expected. before the first cup of coffee is even half done, the whining

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-45935994408154482552007-12-26T11:17:00.000-05:002007-12-26T11:57:48.865-05:00

come january 1, I'm back on the macro wagon. I fell off during the summer when I decided that it was more philosophically sound to fully partake of my farm share and eat the local deadly nightshades (otherwise known as potatoes and tomatoes and peppers) than to avoid them and eat foods grown outside of my neighborhood farm. but now the farm share is over, the rules have been bent, and I'm so

sarah emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15542172263960116566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281769495552214151.post-17559613577053227612007-12-12T10:42:00.000-05:002007-12-12T10:57:43.676-05:00

my cooking can arguably be described as variations on a theme: I cook some vegetables up and serve them on brown rice or whole wheat pasta. sometimes I throw some polenta in there but mostly I don't. however, even I sometimes want a bit of variety. and that's where the sauce comes in. I don't like heavy sauces because the whole point of my cooking is that I want to know what my food tastes

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I work at Downtown Crossing near the Filene's Basement building. When I used to buy my lunch (that is a no-no now, since I am not spending money) I would go to this amazing place that was literally a hole in the wall of the Filene's building called Mediterraneo (sp?) and I would buy their lentil soup and it was amazing. It was agreed in my office that it was probably the best lentil soup*ever*

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