Updated, from the recipe archive. First posted August, 2003.
This is one of the first recipes I learned to cook from the Silver Palate Cookbook decades ago. I've made some adjustments to the recipe over the years. The original recipe calls ...
French Green Beans with Butter and Herbs
August 4th, 2010 by PalSahab
Ever see those skinny little green beans in the market? They’re a French variety of green bean, also known as haricot vert, or filet beans. Haricot verts are more delicate than regular green beans and cook up more ...
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August 4th, 2010 by PalSahab
Have you ever heard of angels on horseback? Hank Shaw shares his recipe for this classic appetizer. ~Elise
I first encountered this dish when I moved to Long Island in the late 1980s. It was at a wedding I attended with my ...
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August 4th, 2010 by PalSahab
Have you ever had Anadama bread? It's a traditional dark yeast bread from New England. Please welcome Hank Shaw as he shares the recipe for this delicious loaf he made for us the other day. ~Elise
My mum was never much of ...
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August 4th, 2010 by PalSahab
Ever see those skinny little green beans in the market? They’re a French variety of green bean, also known as haricot vert, or filet beans. Haricot verts are more delicate than regular green beans and cook up more ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
When Garrett McCord told me he had the best mussels recipe in the world I was skeptical, that is until I tried it. Yikes this is good! ~Elise
When I need a good party food or want to impress some friends I ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
From the recipe archive, first posted last summer, reposting now because not only is it a terrific casserole, it uses up a lot of zucchini, and if your garden is in any way like mine, you have tons of it right now. ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
Yes my friends, it's time for blackberries. The season is here, the berries are ripe and ready for picking. Blackberries grow wild here along the American River, and pretty much around all of the creeks and streams in California. Heck, they even ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
Have you noticed the beautiful peaches and nectarines in the market lately? I find them so hard to resist, and often buy more than I can eat. Here's a quick and easy salsa, made with fresh peaches, jalapeños, lemon, ginger ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
My young friend Audrey and I have many things in common. We both like to dress up with pretty aprons. We are both excruciatingly accurate with water guns in a swimming pool. We would both rather read a book than do ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
Oh the joys of summer! On the top of the list is fresh, ripe tomatoes, garden cucumbers, and basil that the more you cut, the more it grows. (Ever notice that basil is like a hydra? Cut one stem and two grow ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
My friend Peg recently gave me some sweet pickled jalapeño chili peppers that she made using my bread and butter pickle recipe and oh my gosh, I couldn't stop eating them. So of course I had to make ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
You know the cool thing about tarragon? You only have to plant it once. (Assuming you don't pull it up thinking it's a weed when it surprises you by coming up the second year. Yes, that would be me.) I ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
Why is it that so much great food comes out of Louisiana? Case in point, this "dirty" rice. It's a Cajun classic, and so good that the first time you eat it you'll wonder where it's been all your life. ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
Sing along! ♪ Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam ♫ ... and the deer and the antelope play; where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the sky is not cloudy all day. ♫
Yes we do ...
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July 28th, 2010 by PalSahab
From the recipe archive, first posted last summer, reposting now because not only is it a terrific casserole, it uses up a lot of zucchini, and if your garden is in any way like mine, you have tons of it right now. ...
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July 12th, 2010 by PalSahab
When the summer months come, I find it almost impossibly hard to resist buying fresh blueberries by the double basketful. Thank goodness they're such good brain food! (These days my brain needs all the help it can get.) My twelve year ...
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July 12th, 2010 by PalSahab
Every year about this time we are inundated with fresh apricots from our neighbor's tree. And every year I tell myself I'm going to make a chicken dish with them, but never get around to it. Instead, we'll make apricot ...
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July 12th, 2010 by PalSahab
With all the hot weather much of the country has been experiencing, we thought we'd suggest a gazpacho, a chilled soup, one that you can make quickly, with minimal use of the stove. Not all gazpachos are made with tomatoes. White ...
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July 12th, 2010 by PalSahab
Do you remember the first time you had a root beer float? I do. I must have been around 7 years old and we were visiting my grandparents in Phoenix, in the summer. Have you ever been to Arizona in the ...
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