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salt & zest: February 2015
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Friday, February 13, 2015. I can't advocate for the nutritional benefits of banana pudding, but sometimes you just need a mood-boosting plate full of something delicious. Sometimes, special occasions demand a little indulgence. Sometimes, your favorite sports team loses the big game and you need something to ease the pain of loss. Sometimes, you just want vanilla pudding mixed with bananas and 'Nilla wafers. Serves 14-16 (this generously fills a DEEP 9 x 13 casserole dish, you can easily halve the recipe).
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salt & zest: March 2015
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Monday, March 2, 2015. Hamantaschen are generally a simple cookie: sweet pastry filled with jam, poppy seed fillings, prunes or other dried fruit combinations in triangular form. They're usually made of a sturdy sugar cookie-type dough. They're also often a little dry and boring. Last year, I used basic pie dough. You can fill these cookies with your favorite thick jam, or you can make a poppy seed. Or dried apricot filling. Ovenly also has a few ideas. For inspired hamantaschen fillings. 1/2-3/4 cup thi...
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salt & zest: Thirsty For - Sangria and More
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. Thirsty For - Sangria and More. Really happy to share recent work I did for Tastemade. Best viewed in full-screen mode. Other recently aired episodes include one we did for Sachlav. And one for Citron Pressé. Next week they'll premiere our episode for Loomi Tea. a middle eastern tea made out of dried limes that we shot in the desert. One of my favorites in the series was styled by my close friend Kari. Who has some upcoming episodes this season, too:. May 13, 2015 at 2:00 PM.
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salt & zest: Simple Salted Butter Cookies
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Monday, May 18, 2015. Simple Salted Butter Cookies. Remember those Danish sugar cookies that come in the blue tins? That's the inspiration for these cookies. I just wanted to make a cookie that had almost no frills and tasted mostly of butter. Good butter. These buttery crumbly crisp things are especially perfect dunked into a hot beverage. Good strong black tea or coffee with a drop of cream. Adapted from Dorie Greenspan's. Makes 22-24 cookies, depending on size (or one sheet-pan's worth). In a food pro...
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salt & zest: January 2015
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Friday, January 30, 2015. Miniature food in all its glory:. All I want is my own miniature functional kitchen to make curry in. Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Savory Pumpkin Noodle Kugel. Sometimes I ate kugel at friends' houses or at shul or wherever Jews congregated with homemade food. I am not a picky eater. I never was, but kugel always rubbed me the wrong way. Sure, I'd eat it but then immediately think,"Why is this so sweet and dense? Why does it have raisins? Savory Pumpkin Noodle Kugel. 4 eggs, beaten.
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salt & zest: Baklava
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Monday, May 4, 2015. I first learned to make baklava my freshman year of college. It was spring. It was Portland. The days were starting to get longer and warmer, and I was head over heels for a guy I had just started dating. The first night he invited me over to his place he played a record with Yusef Lateef's cover. Of Eric Satie's First Gymnopedie. 1 16 oz. package phyllo dough. Also spelled filo and fillo), defrosted*. 1 cup of unsalted butter (2 sticks), melted. 1½ cups almonds, chopped fine. Prepar...
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salt & zest: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Port and Wine Braised Short Ribs. The above photo was taken at The Hunting Party, a pop-up restaurant I collaborated on with two chef friends, Deborah. This recipe requires a lot of work and time, but the pay-off is big! This dish is rich, decadent, and delicious and perfect for cold autumn and winter nights. The simmered sauce, sweet from the Port and savory from the wine and stock, goes perfectly with the hearty meat. Enjoy! Port and Wine Braised Short Ribs. An hour before ...
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salt & zest: Easy Homemade Vegetable Stock
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Friday, May 15, 2015. Easy Homemade Vegetable Stock. There's nothing like homemade stock. That boxed kind from the store is certainly useful, and can be a necessary evil, but it usually just makes me disappointed with its sad, dull and muted flavors. Of the store bought stocks I've often found that veg stock is the worst in terms of flavor. The brands wildly differ in taste, and some of them are just straight up bad. Also, while you're making stock, if there are some veggies you want to blanch that day, ...
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