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Grilled peach tartine on Little White Whale
Happy Friday! While I work on fighting off a nasty little bug that followed me home from France, head on over to Little White Whale for this delicious grilled peach tartine. And have an amazing...
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Campanelle with burrata cheese, lemon, and garlic
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a total carb addict. Make me a good pasta and you’ve got me for life. So it’s no surprise that the guy who really did get me for life makes a really, REALLY, mean...
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Chopped kale with prosciutto and figs
Okay, okay… I know some of you will write this recipe off at kale. But before you run away screaming (or is that just me?) hear me out. The combination of greens in this salad, plus a fine chop, plus...
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How to make your own bitters
Have you ever tried to make your own cocktail bitters? It’s way less daunting than it sounds… all you need is a few herbs, roots, spices, and grain alcohol to make it happen. I taught a little...
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Salted caramel pumpkin cheesecake
Fall in the Heeley house… Mark: Has he told you what he wants to be for Halloween? Me: No? Mark: He wants to wear a red body suit and carry a machine gun and run around screaming. [pause] … that’s...
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Overnight cider & rye
Early on, one of the first hikes Mark and I took together was on Sugarloaf Mountain, which is just about the most perfect place in the world when the leaves are at their best. But when he proposed the...
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Roasted delicata squash and apple salad
We’re all getting ready for the holidays in the Heeley House — for us, of course, that means decorating, thinking about presents and food. This salad would be a perfect addition to the menu. For...
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Pumpkin, ricotta, and sage-filled pasta with cream
There was a time in my life when I avoided pasta like the plague… it probably coincided with my being able to walk a whole day in heels, since I can’t imagine either having ever existed. Those times...
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Challah with fresh garlic herb butter
It’s possible that bread might just be the most evil of all drugs — it’s certainly the one I can’t do without. How fitting, then, that I married this bread-baking man, who’s recently added the dreamy...
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Maple glazed shrimp and cream cheese grits
I can’t say just how the tradition began. But every year at Christmas, my family would gather twice. First on Christmas Eve for shrimp louie and clam chowder, and second on Christmas Day for a...
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First snow + Cranberry scones with clementine glaze
The first big snow of the year always makes me think about Gilmore Girls — a reference Mark now understands, after having been forced to go along on all seven seasons of my trip down memory lane....
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How to make your own infused salts + Friday links
Happy Friday! And congratulations on making it through the first week back from the holidays without a full-on Falling Down rampage… I’m proud of you all. Okay mostly I’m proud of me, because if ever...
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Delicata squash galette
Delicata squash and apple cider vinegar are, without a doubt, two of my favorite food groups… I tell Mark I’m making up for lost time with salt and vinegar chips I never had or wouldn’t touch as a kid...
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Blue corn bread
There was a time in my life when 44 degrees would’ve been considered something less than a “really nice day,” and the seasons mostly existed in theory… that time is not now. Now, winter comes once a...
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Grapefruit cardamom rum cake
It’s about this time each year that we cold weather dwellers start dreaming about a getaway. You know the drill… white sandy beaches, little umbrellas, 10lbs of rum cake… it all sounds too good to be...
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Shaved brussels sprout salad with currants and bacon vinaigrette
Say what you want about brussels sprouts, everything — and I mean everything — is better with bacon. Not that I’m not a fan of the sprouts, but it never hurts to do a little doctoring up. And let’s be...
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Salted chocolate raspberry stout doughnuts with DuClaw
I’m always a little torn on Valentines Day. Should we celebrate, is it a greeting card holiday, blah, blah, blah. Any reason to go out for a romantic dinner, though, is one I can’t generally bring...
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Potato chip cookies
Sunday morning, Mark and I woke up early to poke and prod our already-staged home into submission – a process that, naturally, involved making cookies… otherwise known as small delicious “buy our...
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Hot milk punch
It sounds harsh, but lately I’ve been feeling stiff and uninspired – paralyzed even. It’s cold, the house is on the market, work is all maybes and what ifs, and every next step seems to be waiting for...
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Jack White’s guacamole
Much to Jack White’s apparent dismay, the details of his tour rider leaked out last week — and since we love a man who loves good guac, we thought they were sort of charming. After hearing the story...
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