10 cups unpeeled zucchini, chopped fine 2-3 large onions, chopped fine 1-2 red bell peppers, chopped fine 4 celery stalks, chopped fine 5 tablespoons pickling salt 3 cups white vinegar 4 cups white sugar 1 teaspoon mustard powder 1 teaspoon celery seed 1 teaspoon turmeric (Optional: 1/4 tsp. anise seed) Mix together onion, zucchini and […]
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Is it Peanut Butter or Thai pasta?
I miss me. Ever since my life was divided into two halves, B.B. and A.B., I miss my B.B. self. B.B.–Before Baxter–I was a happening cook. I am hip in almost no other ways, but my cooking kept up with (and sometimes preceded, in ways of which I was inordinately proud) the latest food trends. […]
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Peanut Butter Pasta & Cookies
Pasta – Serves 6 1 pound pasta (linguine or curly pastas are our favorites) 2 tbs. toasted sesame oil About a 2-inch chunk of ginger, minced 4 tbs. low-sodium soy sauce 3 tbs. rice vinegar 2 large pinches of crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste) 3/4 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter 3/4 cup […]
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Having Your Turkey and Eating It, Too
With Thanksgiving just around the corner (you know, that far corner, just visible on a clear day), it’s time to talk about the pleasant conundrum of saving turkeys by killing and eating them. We eat across a narrow range of plant and animal species; within that slim range, thousands of once-plentiful varieties and breeds are […]
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A Guide to Leftover Turkey Potpie
My version evolved from the first potpie recipe I found, in Julia & More Company. That was for a rabbit and leek potpie. In the years since, I’ve changed everything but the crust, which is a buttermilk biscuit. A very large buttermilk biscuit, as the potpies fill lasagna pans. But, of course, you can substitute […]
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Peperonata
6 medium sized bell peppers, sweet peppers, in mixed colors 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 4 cloves of garlic, crushed 5 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 4 vine ripened tomatoes, if locally available, or 1 cup drained seeded and skinned canned plum tomatoes 6 large fresh basil leaves, torn Cut the peppers in half, remove […]
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An appetite for autumn
In autumn, I am distracted by the color of sky–it has deepened from summer’s haze into a brilliant blue. The angle of the sun has changed, as well as the daytime and evening temperatures, the moisture in the air, and the hours of daylight. Every one of my senses is stimulated and ready to receive […]