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My mother made a pasta dish the other night that took everyone by surprise. My skinny-as-a-spatula 10-year old nephew who won’t eat anything, ate his serving with gusto and asked for more. My carb-avoiding sister couldn’t resist it. My father declared it a triumph. Later that night dad had my mom recount [...]

Please welcome guest author pastry chef Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater who shares with us the (almost) lost art of making butterscotch. ~Elise
When was the last time you tasted authentic butterscotch? Flavor, sauce, memory, aroma, era: butterscotch was an all but extinct, or out-of-date substance, and flavor until recently. Now it’s all the rage.
Wouldn’t [...]

Many moons ago Dennis Kercher from The Hidden Kitchen shared with me his favorite grilled cheese sandwich - one with smoked salmon, Gruyere, and lemon confit made from preserved lemons. I finally got around to making this fabulous sandwich, but instead of using preserved lemons (most people don’t have those sitting around), I boiled [...]

From the recipe archive in honor of the Easter weekend. (More Easter recipes) ~Elise
A reader of Simply Recipes recently left a comment on our Pavlova recipe with a recipe for what she calls “Easter Cookies” (called “Resurrection cookies” by another reader). The commenter, Linda, describes them as a meringue cookie with pecans that [...]

Okay, pardon me in advance, but I think I’ve just had a Sandra Lee moment with this dish. Wait, the parsley is fresh from the garden, does that count? Let’s look at the ingredients - shrimp (best to get frozen and defrost yourself, unless you can get fresh, because most of what you [...]

There are two reasons for our obsession with thinness: ‘health’ or ‘desirability’. Many will do anything to get thin for ‘glamor’s’ sake, but under the guise of health.
It seems that we humans take extreme measures - that can be exceedingly unhealthy - in order to fit into the body beautiful culture.
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Perhaps April is the month for dispelling health and diet myths. After Mike questioning the mythical daily water requirement, I was interested to read a post on the Guardian’s food blog questioning whether salt really is so bad for you.
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