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summer

Mûre

9 July 2011

I understand that mûre can mean many things. It is the fruit you see above, but can also mean mature. Or ripe. I’m not sure which one is more eloquent in English, but suppose it depends on the thing to which you are referring. I think I heard a woman once described as mûre, […]

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Smoky roasted chicken

16 September 2010

Oh dear. That isn’t what I expected. Those Robiola-stuffed tomatoes from The New York Times, I mean. My food didn’t look like theirs, and I really really hope that it didn’t taste like theirs. Following recipes is not my favorite thing to do, nor is it anything I do with particular frequency or flair. But […]

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Summer’s over

9 September 2010

And this blog is not forgotten. It’s just taken a little rest. September can be hard! I hate summer often, but its end can be so sad. The tomatoes, the eggplant, all that zucchini, and especially those times for lingering over coffee, only partially drunk because it will soon be time for lunch, those times […]

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Fricassée of rabbit with bacon + summer vegetables

30 August 2010

This is not my greatest photo or presentation of a plate. The time and place and taste were more important anyway, and I don’t think we ate before 10 o’clock that night, after much aperitif-ing, giggling, and the like. So can we please move on? It may be one of the best meals I’ve ever […]

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Potato salad with grainy mustard

17 August 2010

MF has moved house! Sigh. Not really, but I have put my entire life in boxes, and am two weeks away from seeing them again. Why is moving always so traumatic? Even if you know exactly where you will wind up on the other end, and even if you’re excited about the move (I was! […]

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Summer squash gratin with garlic + summer savory

6 August 2010

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. I try to update this space at least a couple of times per week, but recently it’s been at a paltry one. For those of you who read me regularly, I appreciate your forbearance! To those new arrivals at this space from Columbia, South Carolina, thank you so much […]

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Figs + basil

29 July 2010

My parents had a fig tree at their house when my sister and I were growing up. My sister was too small at that time, but my girlfriends and I would run around the yard in summer and after school. The lower branches from the magnolia trees had been cut down because my mother was […]

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Apricot lavender tart

22 July 2010

The first time I ate an apricot was magic, the way the fruit opened so willingly along its cleft in my hand, the seed falling easily away. It wasn’t messy or overly liquid, but it didn’t feel dry in the mouth. The taste was like peaches, maybe, which I’d had many times before, but different […]

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Chilled lentil soup + peppermint

19 July 2010

I have a habit of reading cookbooks like most people read novels, with the frequent result of winding up hungry. Or – somewhat more embarrassingly – nodding off at night, dreaming of dinner, and then winding up hungry for some dish, ingredient, or another. At 4:30 in the morning. This happened once with lentils. I’d […]

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Ottolenghi love, part II

12 July 2010

I once spent a short amount of time in London working on a book project. To compensate for the brevity of my stay, perhaps, as well as the attending traumas of making frequent moves, the gods gave me the best officemate ever. A German who spoke the Queen’s English better than I ever could or […]

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summer

Mûre

Smoky roasted chicken

Summer’s over

Fricassée of rabbit with bacon + summer vegetables

Potato salad with grainy mustard

Summer squash gratin with garlic + summer savory

Figs + basil

Apricot lavender tart

Chilled lentil soup + peppermint

Ottolenghi love, part II

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