I grew up in a very divided household. My dad loves tomatoes and thus tomato sauce- saucy, chunky, bubbling on the stove for hours sauce. On the other hand, my mom tends to go lighter for her pasta dishes- barely there, just a hint of flavor, takes five minutes to make sauce. I was never…
Category: Savory
Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream & Chives
This is my dad’s favorite summer side dish. My summer dinner memories are studded with it- my mom giving me the kitchen shears and asking me to run outside, my bare feet burning on the hot walkway to the cool grass, to pick chives. Barbecue chicken with corn and cucumber salad. Marinated flank steak with…
Asparagus Galette with Whole Wheat Crust
Crust. My true love. It is a chicken or the egg thing for me. Do I love crust because I’m rather good at making it? Or am I rather good at making it because I love it? Also, can someone be a natural a crust maker? The butter, the elusive flakiness. It has to be…
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