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Peaches w/ Cardamom Streusel & Honey-Vanilla Cream
I headed up to Ellsworth Hill Orchard in Litchfield, Connecticut this last week to do some summer fruit picking and came across these beautiful, juicy Flaming Fury peaches. The farm was scenic and...
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Black Mission Fig Crème Brûlée
The idea for this dish came to me the last time I was in Florida visiting my parents. My mom picked up these delicious black mission figs from the farmer’s market. When I go home, I completely...
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Squash Blossom Dolmas
What is a “dolma” you might be asking? A dolma is any number of stuffed vegetables – squash, onions, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens or even eggplants. It’s a tradition of the Ottoman Empire found...
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Melon-Orange Blossom Gelato
Ice cream is somewhat of a problem for me. You might find me on any given night at home, with a pint of mint chip or vanilla swiss almond on the couch circa 11 p.m. Or walking in Soho, stopping at...
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Exotic Fried Green Tomatoes
A friend of mine has a farm in upstate New York, and he generously dropped off a CSA-like box of his vegetables – tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, celery, and parsley (more pics on my FB page)....
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Tunisian Bread Salad
I am completely in love with the concept of “bread salad”. It feels like cheating. Like you have this healthy bunch of vegetables and you just make them so much tastier by adding chunks of rustic...
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Sweet Apple Couscous
I sort of jumped the gun and went apple picking this past weekend. I couldn’t help myself. I’m a sucker for fall, the first cool change of temperature and all the apple picking, pumpkin patch...
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Savoury Blue Cheese Kunefe
This dessert I had in Turkey called kunefe has been haunting me. Shredded phyllo (think shredded wheat texture) layered with soft cheese, melted in the center, soaked in a sugary-sweet syrup and...
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Lamb Meatballs with Quince & Black Olives
Lamb with quince is a truly classic combination and features heavily in the cuisines of Morocco, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, the Republic of Armenia, and throughout the Middle East. I recently had a...
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Arabic Coffee Panna Cotta
Panna cotta is one of my all-time favorite desserts to serve when I’m having people over. It’s incredibly elegant, and, though it sounds fancy, shamefully easy to make (what your guests don’t know,...
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