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Desserts for the New Year
Mon, January 04, 2010
from Alison
Last Wednesday, Debbie and I enjoyed our annual Day-before-New-Year’s Eve-dessert- making- session. Although we part ways for the last night of the year, making our desserts together is our New Year’s celebration as friends.
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Finding Your Recipes
Thu, January 07, 2010
from Shannon
A few days before a recent big holiday we’d be sharing with friends, we decided on the menu based on the collective traditions of two families. We brought to the table our various Jewish, Catholic, Quaker, Unitarian, East Coast, West Coast, Midwestern and New England sensibilities from growing up, plus our traditions we’d started with our own families. The recipes, mostly, were all in our heads.
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Hop on the Bread Baking Wagon
Mon, January 11, 2010
from Alison
Mix three cups flour, 1 ¼ teaspoons salt, ¼ teaspoon active yeast and 1 and ½ cups cold water together in a bowl. Cover the bowl and forget about it for 12, 18 or even 24 hours. We’ll come back to it later. (Adapted from Jim Lahey’s book “My Bread.”)
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A Conversation with Suzan Colón
Wed, January 13, 2010
from Alison
We are thrilled to share our conversation with Suzan Colón, author of Cherries in Winter.
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Cooking with Friends (in rollers)
Mon, January 18, 2010
from Alison
Yes, that’s me pictured in hot rollers by the stove with a friend. Looks like a snap shot from the 1950’s, right? Well, there’s actually a cute story behind it (at least I think so!).
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Indian Cooking Lesson
Thu, January 21, 2010
from Shannon
When my friend Preeti recently gave me a silver container full of cardamom pods, mustard seed, cinnamon, cloves, coriander and cumin, and an invitation to teach me Indian cooking, I was thrilled. This past weekend, the two of us planned a family dinner with our husbands and combined four kids. On the menu: Peanut Chicken, Eggplant and Mushroom Curry, Dal, Cardamom Infused Rice, and Rice Pudding.
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Cooking Ahead for an After Ski Feast
Mon, January 25, 2010
from Alison
Nine of us sat around the table Sunday night, tired and hungry, as the husbands heaped generous portions of chicken parmesan and sausage lasagna onto their plates and thanked cooking with friends. It was two days of fantastic skiing in the Catskills, as we relaxed around the table, filling our bellies with a scrumptious homemade meal before our two and a half hour drive home.
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Blogging It Forward to Fight Hunger
Thu, January 28, 2010
from Shannon
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Squint just the right way and you’ll see your friends Alison and Shannon on the back of this Honey Nut Cheerios box. But, this really isn’t about us. In August, many of you helped support the ShopRite Partners in Caring and General Mills campaign “Blog it Forward to Fight Hunger.”
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