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Thanksgiving on the Wild Side
Empanada Boy and I spent Thanksgiving in Cannon Beach with my grandma and immediate family and his parents, sister and brother-in-law. It was just the ten of us through most of the visit, but the...
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Blazing Burgers
Hello again, dear readers. I know I have been M.I.A. in recent days. Let’s just say that the first month of graduate school has taken its toll on my blogging time. Luckily, even graduate students have...
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What’s Cooking? Hearty, Homestyle Fare
I’m sighing as I make the trek back to New York after a lengthy vacation in Wisconsin and Oregon. Empanada Boy came home a few days before me because he had to work. I wanted to stay in Portland for my...
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Hudson Valley Surprise
The anniversary celebration continued, a week after Empanada Boy organized a mystery weekend trip. All he told me before we drove out of the city was that I needed hiking clothes and something a little...
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Cape Cod Cuisine
When the weather turns colder and the rain starts to fall, it’s easy to turn nostalgic about the summer. That’s how I felt when I was scrolling through my photos and came upon the ones I took when...
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Gourmet, Unbound: December
As most of you know by now, I am still in mourning over the demise of Gourmet magazine. In an attempt to channel my sorrow and frustration into something more productive, I’m participating in Gourmet,...
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Fine Foods, Indeed, at McKinney & Doyle
As I’ve said before on this blog, there are very few restaurants that I think are worth visiting for brunch. The wait is usually long, the options are usually overpriced and most don’t taste as good as...
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Eating it up in Ávila, El Escorial and Toledo
Empanada Boy and I spent two of our five days in Madrid visiting nearby towns and cities. We woke up feeling better after our rough jet-lag plagued first night. Isla Flotante and Salmorejo picked us up...
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Fourth of July in Hudson, NY
These ribs were not as good as they look. They weren’t smoked long enough for their considerable ribbons of fat to be fully rendered into tender deliciousness, making them chewy and somewhat bland. The...
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The Perfect Turkey (Or Why You Should Never Knock Martha)
My mom has been making the same Thanksgiving turkey recipe since I was in middle school. It isn’t a family recipe that was handed down through the generations. Neither of my grandmothers have ever been...
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