Recipe – food

  • Lobster Stew — Recipe from Revenge Cafe’

    In the opening scenes of Revenge Cafe, Mandy finds Chance had made one of his specialties to welcome her to the island of St. Thomas: Lobster Stew. For those of you thinking the stew sounds good — or for those of you incredulous that you can do a lobster stew in a crock pot —…

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  • Potato Candy — A delicious, gluten-free treat for St. Patrick’s Day!

    Yes, you can make candy from potatoes and it’s absolutely delicious. Because there’s peanut butter in it, I’m seriously doubting it’s an Irish delicacy. However, it’s made with potatoes why not add it to your St. Patty’s day menu? If you’re really in the spirit, you can add a few drops of green food coloring…

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  • Linguine with Clam Sauce

    Linguine with Clam Sauce (a la Lucy McCool) Ingredients: 5 dozen littleneck clams Water (at least one cup) 2 Tbs butter 8 garlic cloves, crushed (NOT DICED) 1 cup chopped white onion ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped 1 cup white wine Salt Crushed red pepper 1 pound linguine 1 Cup grated parmesan or parmigiano-reggian cheese…

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  • Lucy’s Tomato Sauce (er, gravy)

    In Hitting the Sauce¸ Lucy has a tomato sauce (or tomato gravy, if you’re from Jersey) recipe that she received from her father. While you may not have access to purple, Afghan-derived tomatoes, you can re-create her sauce with any good heirloom tomato or even plum tomatoes if they’re perfectly ripe. (One way, albeit very…

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  • Gluten-Free, Atkins-friendly Appetizers: Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes

    I’m not sure if many people are still sticking to their diet resolutions, but if you are  (congratulations!) and the diet of choice is one where you either had to give up wheat or all carbs, you might have discovered that you’re pretty much ignoring the appetizer portion of the menu at your favorite restaurant.…

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  • Heart-shaped Individual Chicken Pot Pie for Valentine’s Day

    What do you get when you cross a comfort food like chicken pot pie with a heart shape? The perfect Valentine’s Day meal. OK, to be honest, I didn’t come up with the idea for Valentine’s Day. I made these for my daughter because she loves chicken pot pie and I thought she’d get a…

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  • Stuffed Jalapenos

    A couple weeks ago, the foodies over at Huffington Post put together a photo-slide show called “2012: The Year in Bacon.” Intriguing as it was, I was a little disappointed they neglected to mention some of the better uses of bacon: wrapping foods. Food Network, on the other hand, did a whole feature on bacon’s…

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  • The Easiest and Best Baked Chicken Recipe Ever

    One of the toughest things for a mom to accomplish sometimes is one of the most basic and elemental ones:  cooking dinner. A real dinner, not something that comes in a container with directions listed in tiny print on the back or something that you can microwave. Wouldn’t it be great if we had a…

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