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Spaghetti and Wheatballs

Dashiell is over six weeks old now, but the week of his birth is still fresh in my mind. After days of false starts, I remember my exhaustion and the frustration that my baby wasn’t ready to enter the world. I recall how wonderfully supportive Andy was that week. But as a food person, I’ll […]

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Ham Hock-Hominy Soup

This soup came to be a couple of weeks ago when I was in Pennsylvania. David was heading out to run errands, and so I asked him to stop at my favorite butcher–Saylor’s–in Hellertown for a little Sunday supper roast. While he was there, I suggested he do as I do and pick up a […]

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Shove-it-in-the-Oven Chicken & Dressing

One of the ways I demonstrate my love for Maggy and Sharon is through food. For Maggy’s last week of pregnancy and delivery I had made quarts and quarts of rich chicken broth, a freezer full of bread, big tins of Baby Biscotti, Saucer-Size Oatmeal Cookies and Blueberry-Walnut Granola, plus a double batch of spaghetti […]

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Cassoulesque

I live in Atlanta, where it’s just as likely to be 65 degrees and sunny on a February day as it is to be 25 and windy. Today, it’s 25. The small nonprofit where I work is housed in the basement of a church, and the heat down here is about as reliable as the city bus system […]

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Banoffee Squares

I was planning to bring wings to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law’s Super Bowl Party. In anticipation of the big game, I bought a massive pack, thinking of the new way I might flavor them. A couple of days before the party I e-mailed my sister-in-law and suggested wings. She responded. Could I make dessert instead? […]

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French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup is one of those dishes I order every time I see it on a menu but rarely make at home. I’m not sure “what preventeth me” (as my dad says”); the hardest part is cutting up the onions (and for me, the patience to let them caramelize). But I believe the key […]

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Chicken Potpie with Apples and Cheddar Biscuits (and a Giveaway!)

Just as Union Square Café Bar Nuts have been our decades-long family nibble, chicken potpie is one of the Anderson family’s signature one-pot meals, particularly this Chicken Pot Pie with Apples and Cheddar Biscuits. It’s the dish we take to under-the-weather friends or a family who’s just moved to town. It’s one of the dinners […]

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Butternut Squash & Apple Soup

If I’m honest, I’ll admit that I’ve never really liked butternut squash soup. Most of the versions I’ve tried have a consistency roughly akin to baby food (and taste like it, too!). And, in my experience, imparting flavor to the soup usually means adding tons of spices, which can enhance but more often masks the flavor of the […]

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Baby Biscotti

Everyone knows that a pregnant woman must give up many things—unpasteurized cheeses, smoked salmon, wine—but when Maggy’s midwife suggested she give up sugar, it was a big jolt. Her midwife’s reasoning was sound. Lots of sugar would mean a heavier baby, which would result in a more difficult delivery. Up to now Maggy had done […]

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Popcorn Salad

A couple of weekends ago David and I went out to dinner with friends. I’m always looking for new recipe ideas, and so it was a surprise that this brilliant Popcorn Salad came not from the restaurant we enjoyed that night, but rather from my friend. I immediately knew it was a great idea and […]

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