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April 1, 2011

Does money really grow on trees? How do YOU handle money? Let’s all lay our cards out on the table. I’ll go first… ‘Tis the season for college acceptance letters. There’s been a lot of news about getting into college, paying for college, if a degree is even worth the cost. NPR’s The Takeaway morning [...]

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Pork Stir Fry

March 30, 2011

I wanna wok with you. All night. Dance you in the sunlight. Wok the night away. I have a bunch of Chinese-American style dishes in the Gluten-Free on a Shoestring, the cookbook. I am careful to indicate in each of them that you do not need a wok. You can use a saute pan. And [...]

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Lemon Meringue Tarty Pie

March 24, 2011

A tart is like an abbreviated pie, really: No crust on top, a ninety degree angle between the base and the sides, and fluted around the edges. With a pie, if you want your edges fluted, you have to do it yourself. And then you have to call the pie “rustic,” which to me just [...]

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Potato-Bacon Gratin

March 22, 2011

Let’s start at the very beginning (I have the von Trapps on the brain – don’t ask): I love Shoestring fans. When I posted on our Facebook Fan Page the other day with a friendly game of “Guess That Recipe,” you responded in droves. Many of you got it right, many didn’t care what the [...]

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“Philly” Cheese Steaks

March 18, 2011

Words fail me. Okay, not really. But maybe for like a second or something. My husband, Brian, is from Philadelphia. He used to talk all funny and stuff (“gaz” was “gas,” “warter” was “water,” “hoehm” was “home”), but after all these years in New York, he just sounds regular to me and stuff. To our [...]

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Custard Tart with Sweet French Pastry Crust

March 16, 2011

Ever since I wrapped up the final edits on the cookbook, I found that I had been laboring under the weight of a heavy bias. The bias was this: I have created recipes for everything that I would like to make, and that I would like others to be able to make. I found myself [...]

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Tomato Risotto

March 8, 2011

I’ve been in a food rut. I hate it when that happens. And every time it happens, I’m certain that this one’s for good. I’m finished. Out of commission. Washed up. Done for. All dried up. Beaten. Kaput. The most I’ve done lately is to dial up some old favorites, like Macaroni & Cheese by [...]

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Burger ‘n’ Fries

March 4, 2011

We have this really lovely, well-priced, mostly-gluten-free restaurant relatively close to where we live. We don’t eat there very often, since we don’t eat out very much at all. But when we do, my kids nearly always get the very same thing every time: a burger and french fries. Its charm is threefold: 1. No [...]

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