Blog
Everything I write, in one place. Recipes, rooms I am slowly fixing, the baskets and the linen closet, and the occasional note about where we have been.
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Pressure Cooker Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine
Short ribs so tender the bone slides out. Brown them first, then fifty minutes in the pressure cooker does the rest.
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Air Fryer Chicken and Crispy Potatoes
Chicken thighs and baby potatoes in one air fryer basket. The potatoes get boiled first, which is the whole reason they come out crispy outside and soft in the middle.
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Kitchen Tools I Tell My Friends to Buy
The small kitchen things I actually reach for, and the ones I end up recommending every time someone asks. Eight pieces, half of them marble.
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Blueberry Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel Topping
Juicy blueberry muffins with a cinnamon streusel crunch on top. One bowl for the batter, one for the streusel, and about twenty minutes in the oven.
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Upside Down Puff Pastry Tart with Figs and Peaches
An easy upside down puff pastry tart made with fresh figs and peaches, baked on buttered parchment and finished with honey. Five ingredients, twenty minutes.
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How to Style a Coffee Bar on a Small Counter
My coffee bar lives on one short stretch of counter next to the cabinets. These are the six things that took it from a machine and a pile of pods to a corner I actually like walking past.
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Zucchini Pancakes with Garlic Yogurt Sauce
Grated zucchini straight into the batter, no salting and no squeezing. Seven savory pancakes, soft and golden, with a garlic yogurt sauce that is the reason to make them.
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Fig and Brie Puff Pastry Tart
A puff pastry tart with brie, fresh figs and honey. Ten minutes to put together, twenty in the oven, and it looks like it took far more effort than it did.
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My Kitchen’s New Favorites
Four things that have earned their place in my kitchen this month. A cleaner that replaced everything under the sink, a glass bowl with a lid, a five dollar apple corer and a set of wooden spoons.
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Easy Apple Puff Pastry Parcels
Two apples, one sheet of puff pastry and a bowl of cinnamon sugar. These look like a bakery made them and they take about ten minutes to put together.
