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  • Slow cooker oatmeal (Overnight Steel-Cut Oats)

    This is a wonderful way to treat yourself nicely after a big celebration. Hardly any work and means you have a warm breakfast with no effort in the morning.

  • Tartine bread, single loaf

    This is a very, very tasty bread recipe, and allows itself to be neglected or cared for.   Adapted from the Tartine Bread book   Ingredients and Tools 350g + 25g water (about 2C) at 80°F 100 g leavener / starter 450g white bread flour (I think AP can be used as well) 50g whole wheat…

  • Caramel frosting

    This is a mix of two recipes for amazingness. Lebowiz caramel 1/2 C (6oz) butter 1C sugar 1C heavy cream 1/4 t vanilla extract 1/8 t salt Melt butter over medium heat Add sugar until dark caramel and foaming Remove from heat Add heavy cream and stir Add vanilla and salt Let cool a bit…

  • Ricotta cheese

    YouTube video for recipe We used half a teaspoon of rennet and brought it down to 99 then up to 105 with not great results. We used a pan that was too thin and the milk browned a bit on the bottom which went straight into the taste of the milk. Ick.

  • Grilled salmon cook time

    Grill 6 min one side and 2 min the other for 1/2″ thick pieces I did 6 and 3 and it came out dry last night. Whoops.

  • broccoli with pine nuts

    An absolutely wonderful broccoli recipe that our friend Sean turned us on to. Broccoli, garlic and pine nuts. Amazing!

  • delicata ravioli

    A work-in-progress recipe for New Years dinner.

  • Chicken tikka masala

    A standard in our house. What does our daughter first do when she stars playing pretend? Cook. What does she cook? Chapati and tikka masala sauce. Now serving chai as well.

  • Quince Caramels – Caramels aux Coings

    A unique kind of caramel. I wanted to do it for years and then finally had extra quince in 2012. Here is the result of a bunch of tweaking.

  • Summer Squash Gratin with Salsa Verde and Gruyere recipe from food52

    http://www.food52.com/recipes/12430_summer_squash_gratin_with_salsa_verde_and_gruyere Notes: Oct 2012: made with Tartine bread. I am not sure what else Michelle changed on this one. She definitely skipped some steps. It calls for thyme but we only had cilantro and parsley on hand. Those were definitely missed.