Monthly Archives: March 2009

{TWD} Coco Loco

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie selection was the oh so delectable Coconut Butter Thins. These cookies are so delicate that Dorie Greenspan almost didn’t include them in her book Baking…From My Home to Yours. That would have been a tragedy. … Continue reading

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Filed under Baking, cookies & bars, David Lebovitz, ice cream & other frozen treats, Tuesdays with Dorie

Millet Fried “Rice”

Millet is a grain seed that you probably know most commonly from bird food. It’s also a nutritious whole grain with loads of B-vitamins that has been becoming more and more popular in whole-grain cooking. This week I made Millet … Continue reading

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Filed under dinner, eggs, Other blogs, super natural cooking, whole grains

{DB} Lasagne Verdi al Forno (Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna)

The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper as the challenge This … Continue reading

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Pane Siciliano and Panzanella

There is something relaxing and cathartic about baking bread from scratch. It is intensely satisfying getting the “feel” and knowing when the dough needs more flour or more water or more time. I love baking bread. Unfortunately, I sometimes bake … Continue reading

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Filed under Baking, bread, dinner, Fruits & vegetables, Other blogs

Help! Do you know what these are?

I bought these at the farmers’ market and I don’t remember what the vendor said they were. She said they are medicinal and good for digestion, etc. and that you can make a tea by throwing 25 of these into … Continue reading

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Filed under Fruits & vegetables, General