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Carrot Cake
So I’d heard that the Merchant’s House Museum did candle lit tours, and I persuaded Katherine and Duncan to come with us and meet my sister, over from London for the weekend. Jon navigated the website and got the not-as-cheap-as-you’d-ideally-like … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, carrot, halloween, Merchant's House Museum, tea, walnuts
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Cold noodle salad – summer dresses and other obsessions
As the weather heats up in NYC I turn to the internet – dangerous start – to order summer dresses from websites – bad idea – with the vague intent that if they’re not absolutely perfect, I promise I’ll send … Continue reading
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Tagged beansprouts, carrot, chili, cilantro, cold noodle salad, cucumber, easy, fennel, mint, noodles, peanut, sesame, sugar snap peas, summer
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This dinner will get you laid – a proper meat pie
There is currently a commercial on the tv where an infatuated suitor notices how much his girlfriend dotes upon her parents’ pet cat. The details of his dastardly plan no doubt forming in his mind he rushes home, turns his … Continue reading
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Tagged carrot, meat, onion, pastry, pie, steak, stew
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – A Thoroughly Dickensian Christmas Feast
“Congratulations! You’re engaged!†said one woman to another as they boarded the subway at 42nd street station. “Can I see the ring?†“No.†replied the other. “He’s not given it to me yet.†Interesting. I stopped, hand on my iPod.
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Tagged bread pudding, carrot, Christmas, Christmas dinner, Dickens, heartbreak, hubris, mashed potato, parsnip, potato, poussin
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Make ahead pureed vegetables
But my family always has a pureed [insert obscure vegetable] and there isn’t one on this menu! Any dinner that involves tradition and family is bound to run up against roadblocks of the ‘but we always have this’ variety. Best … Continue reading
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Tagged butternut squash, carrot, Christmas, potato, pumpkin, puree, recipe, sweet potato, Thanksgiving, turnip, vegetarian, what not to do, yam
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The Monday Treat – Carrot Cake
My justification, if any were needed, is that I’m using up the vegetable box, which, by reason of us getting the family-sized one delivered by mistake, seems to be taking up half of the kitchen. This cake used up a … Continue reading