Lisa on March 9th, 2011

I always liked creamed spinach when I was a kid: it was rich and soft and vaguely nutmeggy, and it seemed to be just as good with chicken as it was with lamb or beef or veggies or whatever you wanted to serve it with.  What I didn’t realize back then was how incredibly easy [...]

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Lisa on April 22nd, 2009

While “ghee” may sound like something exotic and strange, if you’ve eaten lobster, you’ve probably sampled it–it’s also known as clarified butter or drawn butter.  (Very occasionally, people call it butter oil.)  “Drawn” butter describes its true nature:  butter that has had the milkfat solids drawn or skimmed off of it.  Since it’s the milk [...]

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