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just to clarify:

Posted on May 20, 2013 by dichroic

I am a Jew. (Apparently there have been some “disturbing” results for Google searches on that term, so I figure it’s good for those of us who are to say so out loud.) At the moment I am a happy … Continue reading →

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small explosion, long distances

Posted on May 1, 2013 by dichroic

Well, I guess I’m not making a cake tonight. I’d been planning one, and couldn’t make it today because I had a brisket in the oven all afternoon, so I thought about making it tonight (a spice cake with caramel … Continue reading →

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flank steak

Posted on February 19, 2013 by dichroic

So far, that bland chicken pot pie has been the only recipe from Real Simple that has steered me wrong. (If I do it again, I’ll swap out the carrots, thyme and most of the peas for cilantro and chili, … Continue reading →

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Follow-up to the follow-up

Posted on February 14, 2013 by dichroic

The chicken pot pie looked great, but tasted totally bland. The only flavoring was from salt, pepper, thyme and the main ingredients (chicken, carrots, peans, onions). It didn’t help that the pinot gris I used was sweeter than it ought … Continue reading →

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chief cook and bottlewasher

Posted on February 5, 2013 by dichroic

Actually, that title is untrue; I am the chief cook and Ted is the bottlewasher. Since I’m at home now, I have taken on the cooking, shopping and housekeeping duties. (Previously we split the cooking and we’ve had a housekeeping … Continue reading →

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Things I need in a kitchen

Posted on December 1, 2012 by dichroic

SInce it looks like we’ll be setting up yet another kitchen, the following is mostly for me but may be useful to others. It is entirely idiosynratic. “Need” is stuff it really bothers me not to have; “want” is helpful. … Continue reading →

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Yum (with parenthetical inserts)

Posted on March 14, 2012 by dichroic

That was actually pretty darn tasty. Pan-fried salmon (because we came back from Lisbon on Tuesday afternoon, and thus were actually not at work for once on Market Day) with sesame-soy drizzle (because, I am happy to report, Mark Bittman … Continue reading →

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“Workout Onion Soup” and other cooking

Posted on January 3, 2012 by dichroic

Not bad; out of three new recipes this week, one was just OK and two were successes that I’ll make again. On Saturday, I made what purported to be a Dutch hutspot recipe. It wasn’t really, just a beef stew … Continue reading →

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Hungarian beef goulash soup recipe

Posted on September 25, 2011 by dichroic

For being the first time with a new recipe, this was a raving success. I will write it down as I cooked it, with comments and things i want to try next time in parentheses. This is a good winter … Continue reading →

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Jambalaya

Posted on June 29, 2011 by dichroic

LA asked for my jambalaya recipe; as long as I was writing it out, I figured other people might want it too. Like lots of traditional forms of cooking, I think jambalaya evolved as a way to use up every … Continue reading →

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