Tag Archives: Recipes

Chippy Pie

A good Catholic son named Matthew wrote us last month asking for St. Patrick’s Day recipes. Mathew — we haven’t forsaken you, dude, we’re still working on it. But just in case, come tomorrow, someone tries to pinch our weblog … Continue reading

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Short Cake

Following a radical dinner with a low matainenence dessert that doesn’t bore your friends or destroy your kitchen is damn near impossible. Usually we just crank out a cheese course, serve some whiskey, and look all doe eyed until someone … Continue reading

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Tater Pot Pie

When it comes to dates (or any human interaction really), we’re pretty partial to food, obviously. And if forced to choose between a wallet-burning rampage of dining out or a night spent at home slaving in cute matching aprons, well, … Continue reading

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Shivers Salad

The recent cold fronts have incited waves of fried food and heavy stews in our kitchens. This week we were yearning for something heavy on all the things we’re supposed to focus on by being vegetarian: fiber, flavor and tons … Continue reading

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Thai-mato Sauce

We’ve seen this Thai-Italian fusion thing that’s gaining momentum (they both use basil, why don’t we put them together?!) and we’re not convinced. That said, Thai cuisine has tomato-based dishes of its own that you can recreate easily at home … Continue reading

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Playing Ketchup

Ketchup, red gravy, sauce American — it may no longer be the most popular condiment in the U.S. (salsa) but it still rules over all of us, a timeless classic, and all told a pretty shitty sauce. However, this red … Continue reading

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Vegan Western-style Hash Browns

What should be the staple of any diner worth it’s salt — Western-style hash browns, distinct from its unrefined bumpkin cousin the hash brown by having melted cheese and chile — is sadly often bacon-ified and rarely ever vegan. Here … Continue reading

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Mean Mr. Mustard Sprouts

The wild baby cabbage that we call the brussel sprout is one of the most hated vegetables in the Western world–and that’s hard fact not speculation. They can turn nasty off-green colors, their texture is more than a little rubbery, … Continue reading

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White Christmas Napoleon

This dish is light and fluffy like a pile of food snow. The object is to bleed red and green sauce all over it. Because it’s a stack with essentially 3 levels (all white) we’re calling it a napoleon, which … Continue reading

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‘Fiber Walk With Me’ Salad

Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks was all about the cherry pie and coffee. But we happen to think nothing goes better with a meal between hundred foot tall redwood trees than a salad that tastes like nature itself. This easy … Continue reading

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