Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Fungus Among Us (about $4, about 40 minutes including baking time)

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Mushrooms are not a fungus. They're flowers. The fungus is underground, and the mushroom is its... Sigh. Well, that doesn't make the...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Jambalaya; Or, The Inauthenticity Continues ($3 or so, when the okra's out of season, cheaper when it's in; about an hour, including the chopping)

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It is not okra season. I confess. I bought okra from Honduras . Bad locavore . BAD. It was just that I had a sort of craving, or maybe it wa...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Bread Made with Bananas (maybe $5, about an hour and forty-five minutes including baking)

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When your bananas look like this, it's time either for the Banana Angel to descend, wrap your bananas in a cloud of glory, sing hosanna...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Your Basic Lasagna (about $10/pan; about an hour, including baking)

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Did my mother know what ricotta (look! it's easy to make!) is, or was cottage cheese (look! it's hard to make!) just easier to fin...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Cream Puffs are Not for Every Day (maybe $3, about 45 minutes)

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The danger here is that you will eat them all. I know, having womanfully tried to resist. Then halved the recipe, having failed. Then quart...
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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Soup with Strange Ingredients like Peanut Butter (maybe $3 for a potful; about 45 minutes)

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I forgot to ask Santa for a n immersion blender (immersion blender discussion , no less). It was an incredible oversight on my part. I hav...
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Easy Mac (less than $2; about 15 minutes)

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Seriously. Does anyone know what that orange powder is that comes in a box of mac and cheese you buy when you need comfort food? Specifical...
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