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Tangerine-Ginger Glazed Carrots with Cocoa Nibs

carrot peels

Carrots, with their graceful, tapered bodies, create such an image of something ripped by its hair from the comfort zone of cool moist soil. After months of darkness, being nurtured by a soil that gently parts to accommodate its slow growth; suddenly, forcefully yanked into [...]

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Citruslove: Winter Citrus Salad with Maple – Orange Vinaigrette

citrus salad with oranges, tangelos, beets, maple vinaigrette

Swing by any market this month, and you’ll find a startling variety of colorful, Rubenesque – plump oranges at their peak; heavy with natural juices, and sweet enough for a healthy, satisfying dessert . Here in California, we’re lucky to have such a broad variety [...]

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#SundaySupper: Roasted Balsamic Tomatoes

slow roasted tomatoes drizzled with balsamic vinegar, how to slow roast tomatoes

  This may not feel like much of a recipe to you, but this is one of my star kitchen staples these days. Frankly I need all the shortcuts I can find, with my time being gulped down by the gallon between remodeling a condo we [...]

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Herb-Y Leek Confit

Herb-y Leek Confit slider: The Wimpy Vegetarian

The champagne is  gone. All the holiday decorations boxed up and stored away with wrapping paper decorated with gold and green holly leaves, and Santa stickers. It’s January, the first month without a holiday to look forward to since the hot summer days of August. [...]

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Easy Whole-Wheat Pita Bread

  You might not guess it from this sedate photo, but these are the drama queens of bread, puffing up dramatically in just a few short minutes in a hot oven from the expansion of carbon dioxide and steam. When they cool off, they slowly [...]

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#SundaySupper Gifts From the Kitchen : Harissa!

Harissa Gift : The Wimpy Vegetarian

  This week at #SundaySupper, we’re sharing our Gifts From the Kitchen with you. If you’re wondering what gift to bring to a holiday dinner, or to a holiday gift exchange with friends and family, nothing is more personal and savored than something from your [...]

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