eating from the ground up

brussels sprouts gratin

I love how so many of the fall fest cooks are writing about brussels sprouts. They have a reputation, those tiny wee cabbages, and somewhere along the line they became something that people thought they didn't like. We all know that's just a big fat lie. Brussels sprouts are so, so good. We all know ...

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roasted baby vegetables

Well, I'm sorry to say... Sadie's been a bit at it again. In the mix with all of her wonderful Sadie things, there are constant demands, and there is foot stomping, and there are more demands. I just don't know how to help that girl out these days. Last night, after being whisked away from a coming ...

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roasted vegetables

Well the girls have suckered me into throwing them a dinner party. A party for just them. At some point during the tantrum that was being thrown as I was flinging some local pork product onto galettes before my last salon dinner party, I agreed to this. (Anything! As long as you are sleeping in ...

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Golden Brussels Sprouts

Okay, so I wasn't even going to write about these, because the recipe's all simple, and it has already been beautifully documented here, but this is what I made tonight, and it might just have been the best thing I've ever had. Or almost, I mean I know that's an odd thing to say about brussels ...

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