Lisa on February 8th, 2012

One of the many beauties of crepes is that you can fill them with whatever you like, whether that’s sweet or savory or something in between. And by varying the kind of flour you use to make the crepes themselves, you can tweak their base flavor to suit your mood. Want a nutty, rich-tasting crepe? [...]

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Lisa on November 18th, 2011

We cut them up and then toss them to the curb uneaten, we use them as home decor, we even make containers and musical instruments out of them…but we don’t eat very many of them. I’m talking about squash. Poor, overlooked squash. It’s relatively easy to prepare — assuming that you have a sharp and [...]

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Lisa on November 2nd, 2010

What do kasha and buckwheat have in common? They’re both triangular, gluten-free seeds that are treated as grains, and they’re both used to make everything from pancakes to pilaf. The only difference between them — and it’s a big one, flavor-wise — is that kasha is roasted buckwheat. I used to think I wasn’t keen [...]

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Lisa on October 5th, 2009

Sure, you’ve got your fancy new pasta makers with their plugs and motors and cords … in fact, some of them might be so darned newfangled that they’ve transcended outlets and gone cordless.  Wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a Bluetooth pasta maker out there somewhere. But you know what works best?  An old-school, crank-it-out kind [...]

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