Lisa on May 21st, 2010

When I get on a kick, I get on a kick — I can happily eat the same thing for several days in a row if I like it.  It’s even better when the dish/ingredient being eaten is multipurpose-able.  After all, leftovers are the ultimate convenience food!
Crepes are my most recent food fixation: first the [...]

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Lisa on May 14th, 2010

Sometimes you might be in the mood for a crunchy taco, sometimes you might want a soft taco.  The only problem with the latter is that it’s hard to find Qualitarian soft taco shells — the majority of the store-bought ones have all kinds of chemicals in them to keep them soft and supple.  And [...]

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Lisa on February 17th, 2010

Things are not always as they seem, not even in the world of cheese.  Having grown up eating my share of pizza, I thought I knew what mozzarella tasted like, but when I took my first bite of mozzarella di bufalo — made of 100% buffalo milk — I realized I’d been missing out on [...]

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Lisa on March 18th, 2009

Ask any European–a savory, stuffed crêpe makes a great lunch.   You’ll find sweet crêpes at the corner crêperie, too, but there will be just as many (if not more) on the savory menu.

The pictured trio includes:  one crêpe wrapped around scrambled eggs, one filled with Parmesan and Asiago cheeses, and one stuffed with a chunky [...]

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Lisa on October 6th, 2008

Crêpes are classy, versatile…and easy. You can make savory ones to use as a substitute for toast (spread them with natural nut butter and organic jam to make an adult version of PB&J) or as a stand-in for an English muffin (top them with eggs and breakfast sausage). Fill them with cheese and [...]

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