Last week, Karen and I decided to try our hand at making some fresh whole wheat pasta and sauce. Here’s a quick recap…

Karen is ready to go.

Starting with the dough and the oil.

Karen gets to mixing it up.

And working it.

Meanwhile the sauce gets going.

And the sausage gets sizzling (and is ultimately added to the sauce)

I [...]

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I have raved about the Bakers Edge here before, but not until yesterday did I fully realize its capabilities. It can honestly say it really out did itself yesterday.
Last night we ventured on to recipe I wasn’t sure about—lasagna. I have never been one for lasagna—probably because it always seems really soggy and wet, [...]

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It’s rare that I see something on a cooking show that I want to make, but on our way to Chicago a few weeks ago on Jet Blue, there wasn’t much else on when I stumbled upon Emeril live. I’d actually never seen his show before, so I stopped for a few minutes to see [...]

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TOAD: Sept. 10th, 2007

TOAD: Sept. 11th, 2007

TOAD: Sept. 12th, 2007: This painting seemed particularly strange.

TOAD: Sept. 13th, 2007

TOAD: Sept. 14th, 2007: I have an idea! I’m going to paint a picture of a close up of Hannibal Lechter! For some reason, the chair below seems appropriate.

TOAD: Sept. [...]

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Ok… we’re WAY behind on these so I’m just going to get the up there. So as you know we moved to a new apartment back in July and a few weeks later we had a BBQ to answer the following question: Is the North Slope is as good a place to have a BBQ [...]

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After about 1000 miles in the Pilot, traveling practically to the US border with Canada, Karen, Sasha (on her first vacation) and I are back home in Brooklyn. It was such a great, relaxing week off. So great that I’m finding it hard getting back into the swing of things right away. I guess that’s [...]

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Last week I picked up a kitchen-aid ice cream maker attachment and a highly recommended ice cream recipe book, the Perfect Scoop. with big plans to make homemade ice cream all the time for the rest of the summer. I carried the giant kitchen-aid attachment home one night after work and pulled it out of [...]

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You think I’m joking? You’re a fool if you think it isn’t going to be delicious. See it here.
Thanks to Serious Eats for this one.

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TOAD: July 28th, 2007: This past weekend, Karen got the Gold Star of Culinary Inovation for turning things we had laying in the fridge into a slamming order of huevos rancheros.
Here are some “Before…” photos…

On the griddle.

Get all up in there and behold the cheesiness.

Tags: cooking, karen, take one a day

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TOAD: June 3rd, 2007: Do hobos even exist anymore? Either way, cooking things this way rules. Try it with fish, chicken, vegetables… anything! The pouch on a grill gives you the best of all worlds - gilling fire for heat, boiling in its own juices and also achieving the steaming effect since the pouch [...]

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