Monthly Archives: February 2012

Rooting for Spring (celery root & potato soup)

We have had little to complain about this Winter. There’s been plenty of moisture with little flooding and virtually no snow, and Steve has enjoyed an entire season without having to chuck ice chunks out of the creek in order … Continue reading

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Pro-cress-ive Dinner

As we creep towards our true Spring, while our local farmers tantalizingly talk of tender shoots, we rely on trips to Whole Foods for anything approximating a green vegetable. Fortunately WF has been stocking some local hydroponic watercress, allowing us … Continue reading

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Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Carbon Copy

We could say we shared ideas with Alice Medrich at one of her famed Bay Area Cocolat stores back in the Seventies or Eighties. We would be lying. We could say we “tweaked” this recipe for Apricot Lemon Bars from … Continue reading

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Rabe and Pizzage

While desperately awaiting the arrival of local spring greens, we’ve been buying broccoli rabe at our Whole Foods because Michelle can no longer tolerate the taste of the usual bland broccoli flown in all winter from god knows where. The … Continue reading

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