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      October 27: Cherry Bombe University, NYC, I'll be teaching a workshop on all things homemade. More info here.

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      October 13, 1:00 pm Boston Book Festival: I'll be speaking at Eataly Boston about how to turn your food dreams into writing! Book signing to follow. More info here.

      October 27: Cherry Bombe University, NYC, I'll be teaching a workshop on all things homemade. More info here.

      December 9, 4:00 pm: Spotty Dog Cafe, Hudson, NY, I'll be in contact with my dear friend Janet Reich Elsbach about her new book, Extra Helping.

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sweet potato latkes with roasted applesauce

We are now at the moment when all food is holiday food. Even on regular nights when there's still school and work, it still feels like holiday food because we light the menorah (turning off the Christmas record just long enough to fumble through the prayer), we keep the fir candle burning, we have ...

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butternut squash pasta with sage and brown butter

In two weeks, The Homemade Kitchen really truly lands. Can we take another  peek inside the book today? (I'm bursting!). As I talked about a bit in this post, each chapter of this new book is structured around a way  to reframe the way we relate to food. The essay below is from the chapter Do ...

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pasta with all the greens

Last weekend, I got into a slight altercation with a woman at the farmers' market over fridge space. She didn't want to buy a 1/2-pound bag of salad because she said the fridge real estate was too precious. All I had were 1/2-pound bags, and my side of the altercation mostly consisted of a shrug and ...

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congee with yams and miso sauce

In January, when the world freezes and we, layered shuffle towards warmth, even carrying it with us whenever we can, looking forward ...

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salty pork

Hot, hot, hot. The summer has taken over. Not the lazy, unschooling, natural parenting kind of summer  you might expect of me, but instead the driving  to theater camp, the too-many backyard parties, the over and over up till 11 until the girls break down in tears mid afternoon and say, "I'm just ...

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another recipe for roast chicken (and a giveaway)

Just what the world needs. One more recipe for roast chicken. Only I do. I really do. Perfect Roast Chicken 1. Find a chicken. It should be local, unless it's not. It should be organic, unless it's local, unless you are just at the regular supermarket and I'll be damned if I'm going to go to ...

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kumquat ricotta tartine

Again. I start writing on an ordinary day. I put it down with the hope of finishing later, and then in that time in between, the New York Times starts yelling at me from my phone. I check the news, I check Twitter (which on the whole I don't love, but it's always where I go when I try to figure ...

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potato celery root skillet cake

You spoil me. Always, I ask a question and you return with answers that make me smile and laugh and peek at my phone at inopportune moments through the day. I feel greedy for your stories. It's great to hear about your tools, and it's even better to hear about how you love them. Where they ...

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roasted beet and apple pie

There is no doubt in my mind that politics brings out the worst in people. I could give you the list of who and what I'll be voting for tomorrow. Trust me, I'm tempted! I want to tell you why I make the decisions I do, why I feel that those are the best choices for my girls' future, for all our ...

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coconut congee with chicken and greens

There are nights that fit together like puzzles. I'm standing at the stove--it's 5:00 and there is a coming and going in the house right now which is decidedly unsettled, although also joyous in a sun-through-the-window kind of way. I'm making congee, the thick rice porridge that is thickening in ...

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