Kitchen Travels: Moroccan-Style Chicken with Lentils and Apricots

Quite some time ago, I mentioned a Moroccan-style chicken dish that Pater makes, and a few of you asked if I’d share his recipe. And then other night he served it up, with some ever…

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Easy Summer Meal from Leftover Fresh Pea Soup

If you made that fresh pea soup I described last week, and if you should happen to have leftovers — or if you liked it enough to make it again and purposefully plan for leftovers…

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And Fresh Pea Soup Back Home. . . .

First of all,  no, those are not Peas in the Pod.  But I thought I’d begin by pointing backwards, in case any of you have access to fresh fava beans (we’ve been able to pick…

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Five Things Friday

 1. Sometimes it’s the little things.  Simple daily pleasures.  In this case, a beautifully wrapped soap brought back from Florence to be used for daily showers. The same soap that was a lovely amenity in…

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Cure for what Ails Me? Bread-baking and Kimchi-makng

My last post evinced a determination to stay still for a moment; that determination has been significantly aided by something nasty of the Upper Respiratory variety. That the Universe insists I stay put is underlined…

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