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My new favorite vegetable to play with is Spaghetti Squash. Slice it open, cook it, shred it with a fork and poof! -- strands of squash that look like spaghetti. It's dead simple to prepare: just slice it in half length-wise, scoop out the seeds, loosely cover each open half with plastic wrap and...

I'm a leeeetle behind on posting this recipe. You see, Chris and Shelly, our next-door neighbors, invited Shane and I for a backyard celebration. Excellent cooks in their own right, they had a full menu planned for their event, so I needed to find something I could bring that wouldn't interfere...

You can make baked chips with lots of kinds of potatoes , but aren't Adirondack blue potato chips fun? The chips taste best, whether blue or of a"regular" hue, when hot from the oven. But you'll still want to chow down on them when they cool down -- if they last that long. Baked Potato...

Our DB hosts this month, Shel of Musings from the Fishbowl and Natalie of Gluten A Go Go , challenged us to make lavash, a type of flatbread, and a vegan dip of our choosing. Although we were given the option of baking the lavash without gluten, I went for gluten. The recipe came together fairly easily...

Not that you'd know it by looking at my RSS feed, but I've done a lot of canning this summer. I started with blueberry jam, moved on to cherry jelly, and followed that up with salsa. But my favorite -- by far -- has been dill pickles. Crispy and tangy with a hint of garlic (and of course, plenty...

You know what's irresistible? Homemade bread fresh from the oven, and stuffed with ooey-gooey melted cheese. How do I know this? Because the Cheesy Bread Bakers -- Helen , Ivonne , Kelly , Lisa , Mary , Sara , Stephanie and me -- gave the French Pastry School’s Gruyère-Stuffed Crusty Loaves recipe...

You know what's delicious? Carrot soufflé. To be honest, it's not a real souffle, but it does have a light and airy mouth feel similar to its namesake. It's also sweet, colorful, packed with vitamins and --most importantly-- flavor. If you're not a sweet side-dish kind of person (you...

It might actually be Spring. I'm not totally committed to that idea yet, because I live in Upstate New York and we had several inches of snow on the ground about two weeks ago, but I am hopeful. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it's supposed to get up to 68-degrees tomorrow. My...

Back in December, I visited a new doctor (or, as I like to call him, "hot doctor" because, well, look at him ), an MD with an acupunturist's license and a holistic approach to medicine. His practice is radically different from traditional practices: he's the only person there, the number...

Ohhhh, Parsnip. I love you. Sure, you’re supposed to be the side complementing a roast chicken *** but, let’s be honest: you’re the star. You made me eat each and every piece of you, sliced in thin strips, tossed in olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper. The high temperature of the oven softened...