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Almond Lemon Gluten-Free Olive Oil Cake
After a big meal this light cake still disappeared easily. If you don't have spelt flour and you don't mind…
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Villa Napoli Pizza
The woman standing behind the counter said the pizza was the best in town. Villa Napoli in a former fast…
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Quick Moules
Mussels are an inexpensive way to get a lot of seafood taste. With about $5, you'll get a pound,…
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Tomato Breakfast
Once, in Spain, we were having breakfast and the guy next to us started rubbing big, hunking tomato quarters all…
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Hot Days filled with Too Much Fun to Cook
Hot days. So many tomatoes. I picked the first few plum tomatoes. We have nine (4  San Marzano Redorta; 5 Opalka)…
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Steak with Peppercorns - au so poivre
Steak au poivre -- steak with pepper doesn't need to be a great cut of meat or a huge…
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Daube with Anchovies. A Different Kind of French Beef Stew
Beef Bourguignon is Steuart's all-time best, never-fail crowd pleaser, but he makes it all the time. Poor me. For a…
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French Onion Soup for the Last of Winter
It's a weekend and my husband is working on a project elsewhere, so I can take some time to make…
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Homemade Crackers Spice up Cheeses
Well-made cheese is exceptional - shouldn't become usual. It's expensive, high in fat, but pleasantly high in calcium and…
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Toasted Oatmeal Easy Breakfast
Organic rolled on the left; organic steel cut on the right. Rolled is cut, steamed and rolled through a mill;…
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