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Recipes
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I visualized these dishes, imagined their flavors, and then taught myself how to make an "airline" cut, using my boning knife to bone out the breasts but keep a drumette attached. I brined the pieces overnight in a water bath of sugar, salt, and bay leaf before roasting them off in the oven lathered with butter and surrounded by clusters of sweet grapes. I taught myself to shuck oysters, and broke into dozens of them each week to get good practice before plating them on a bed of cold seaweed and
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― Margo's Got Money Troubles
― Margo's Got Money Troubles
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Secretly I collected menus, stolen from tables. Recipes, clipped from magazines, dishes I would never make. As we travelled, the dishes changed. I whispered their names like magic spells. Milan was mondeghili, served in a twist of paper, and machetes, those puffy rolls that look like blowsy roses. Naples was pasta alla Genovese, and pizza with olives and anchovies, and Rome was artichokes in oil, and cicoria, with garlic and chili, and twenty kinds of pasta. Berlin was Currywurst and beer, and b
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― Vianne
― Vianne
Talk about tips, tricks, books, and recipes to get your family on the track to healthy eating. N…more
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