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Paella

Terry on March 28, 2011April 23, 2020

The Spanish Dish that serves a crowd Paella is common as street food in the south of France near the Pyrennes, and across the border into northern Spain. It can be changed to fit the tastes of the crowd you’re inviting to dinner, and is no more work to makeContinue readingPaella

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Daube with Anchovies.

Terry on March 25, 2011April 12, 2020

: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 Sunday night dinner with a couple of friends, he wanted to try something different. But thwarting him was a big piece of beef-Continue readingDaube with Anchovies.

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Pork Sirloin Tip Roast

Terry on October 17, 2010April 24, 2020

By Martha Smith Gordon surprised me when he brought home a pork sirloin tip roast from Costco. I asked him what he had intended to do with it. And he’d thought we’d spin it on the rotisserie on the BBQ. After doing some research, I nixed that idea. This roastContinue readingPork Sirloin Tip Roast

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Roast Chicken

Terry on October 9, 2010December 22, 2020

Start with the Best Chicken Chicken exists outside of plastic wrap It appeared at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. From Socorro, New Mexico with Tom from Pollo Real, the first certified organic poultry farm in the United States. It was a French Red Label chicken, and I’ve never had aContinue readingRoast Chicken

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Zucchini Moussaka

Terry on July 21, 2010April 16, 2020

Before there was Too Much Zucchini Cavelli is the variety of summer squash we planted, not knowing what it would look like. In mid-July we harvested our first one: a soft skinned, sea green specimen about 8 inches long. There were several on the vine right behind it in maturity,Continue readingZucchini Moussaka

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Summer Chicken Veronique

Terry on July 18, 2010April 16, 2020

Chicken better than any chicken salad. That’s what Elizabeth David promised with this recipe in her Mediterranean Cooking. The result … lunch by the pool, a setting as secluded as a honeymoon suite, delivered effortlessly by the perfect lover. The recipe will follow, and so will the ideal rice saladContinue readingSummer Chicken Veronique

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Corning Beef

Terry on March 17, 2010April 20, 2020

Beef Brisket is in the refrigerator right now, in a zip-lock plastic bag covered with salt and spices like crushed pepper, nutmeg, bay leaf, thyme. It’s been turned once a day for the past week, and weighted down with steel plates because we happen to have them. In a normalContinue readingCorning Beef

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Beef Bourguignon

Terry on February 1, 2010April 12, 2020

Beef Stew in Red Wine – Super any Sunday Made this at least a day ahead. Day of – Go skiing, make the rest of the Super Bowl buffet or read a book and know that your Boeuf Bourguignon is getting better in the refrigerator. Just warm and serve. Carefully,Continue readingBeef Bourguignon

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Making Beef Stock

Terry on December 3, 2009April 20, 2020

We purchased part of a cow, raised by people we know, and so we are making beef stock. We’ve got a packed freezer and pulling out the bones and a packet labeled ‘soup meat’ made enough room so that we could close the door. Having not really made a batchContinue readingMaking Beef Stock