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Mac and Cheese Rarebit
3 cups cooked pasta (about 1/2 lb or 1/2 box uncooked). For best results, the pasta should be cooked one minute less than the minimum...
Jan 7, 2021


Mashed Potatoes
I used a mix of Russet and Yukon Gold potatoes because that is what I had, but anything you have in the pantry will be just fine. The...
Nov 11, 2020


Candied Apples
This was delicious as a topping for the buttermilk custard of last night's dinner, with the added bonus of a pint jar of fantastic salted...
Nov 4, 2020


Butter Chicken
L. was in a game tournament and asked if he could eat at his computer table. Since we have been together 24/7 since March 10th, I said...
Aug 20, 2020


Pasta Alla Vecchia Bettola
OMG, as the "yung uns" say today. Or maybe they said it yesterday and I am no longer au courant...L. is of the opinion that all tomato...
Aug 11, 2020


Bonus Recipe: Vichyssoise
I can take no credit for this recipe. I got it from my mother, who got it by bribing her favorite waiter from the Chef at the Foreign...
Aug 7, 2020


Mexican Flan with Cinnamon Caramel
What with jetlag and my general lack of interest in dessert making, I left out the sweetened condensed milk, which seemed like a crucial...
Oct 28, 2019


Miso Creamed Kale
I liked the inspiration recipe for this dish well enough but was more interested in something that was closer to the comfort of creamed...
Dec 3, 2015

Bonus Recipe: Basic Béchamel and Some of Its Many Uses
Recently I read an article somewhere that called cream of mushroom soup the Béchamel of America. This made me laugh and I think the...
Nov 24, 2015
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