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Getting in the Spirit: Holiday Cocktails

by Jillian Bedell December 1, 2010

A tropical Christmas is charming once. Our first holiday in Mexico we rode Malcolm’s new folding bike down Calle 58, drank Cuban rum and cocas, and strung silver tinsel on our planted palm tree. Every year after that we longed for winter weather, conspicuous consumption, and gallons of egg nog. Which may explain why this [...]

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America! Presents: Pringles Restaurant Cravers “Mozzarella Sticks & Marinara”

by Malcolm Bedell November 30, 2010

If you think the title of this post seems a little bit like a collection of random words, you’re right. It seems like in the last year or so, with as many great new, all natural, low-sweetness and salt products that have been introduced, the mainstream snack food brands seem to have gone particularly bananas, [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Thanksgiving Nightmare (Homemade)

by Malcolm Bedell November 29, 2010

Notes: I know, I know. Another blogger who had the bright idea to assemble an entire Thanksgiving plate into a sandwich. Real original. But with a 22-pound turkey and only three people eating Thanksgiving dinner at our house, there are some leftovers to go around, and since I had never actually TRIED this classic post-holiday [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

by Malcolm Bedell November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s how our menu for the big day shaped up: For starters: Chilled shrimp with a tarragon aioli Gorgonzola crostini drizzled with unfiltered Maine honey Assorted crudite with 1,000,000 herb dip For the main event: 22 pound roasted turkey, lovingly massaged with sage, curry, salt, and pepper Sage and Sausage Dressing Green Beans [...]

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Brie and Chive Buttermilk Biscuits

by Malcolm Bedell November 24, 2010

These biscuits are phenomenal, and the finished product doesn’t at all overwhelm you with the strong taste of cheese. After baking, the chunks of cheese vanish away completely, leaving only a smooth, creamy textured biscuit, with hits of flavor coming from the bits of rind that you mixed into the dough. These biscuits can be [...]

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Green Beans with Warm Bacon Fat Vinaigrette

by Malcolm Bedell November 24, 2010

Once the turkey is tented, the cranberries have burst, the potatoes have been mashed, the rugs have been shampooed, the placecards have been set, the candles have been put in their holders, the dog’s been neutered, you’ve made a turkey by tracing around your hand on construction paper, and someone has brought over the pies, [...]

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Ancho Chili Pumpkin Pie

by Malcolm Bedell November 24, 2010

My sister, a transplant to New Mexico and master pie baker, uses ancho chili by the handful. We, having transplanted from New England to Mexico/Mexico and back again, also tend to use it a lot in cooking, particularly in Mexican dishes and in chili. Anchos are just dried poblanos, and they’re not particularly hot…they just [...]

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Sage and Sausage Stuffing

by Jillian Bedell November 23, 2010

First, let me say, that stuffing is one of the greatest gifts that gods have given men. If Prometheus was punished swiftly and meanly for handing over Zeus’s fire to us mortals, whichever demi-god stole stuffing from the stove of Mount Olympus is likely self-flagellating with a giant trout whilst listening to Creed in some [...]

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Bourbon Cranberry Compote

by Malcolm Bedell November 22, 2010

Cranberry sauce is one of those great “make-ahead” Thanksgiving or Christmas dishes, and now that we see how easy it is to make at home, we’ll never suffer through a slice of the canned stuff (with can lines intact) ever again. This cranberry sauce is cooked just until cranberries begin to split, which helps them [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Chicken Parm (D’Angelo)

by Malcolm Bedell November 19, 2010

Price: $5.69 (small) Location: 390 Western Ave, South Portland Notes: I was fooled. Oh, sure, I had seen plenty of D’Angelos restaurants scattered around town, with their beaten up green signs, wood paneling, and dim lighting. They have all the appeal of eating a hot toasted sub inside a desperate, smoke-filled Narcotics Anonymous meeting in [...]

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