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Lime Meltways

From Recipes [Photograph: Jenny McCoy] Meltaways were one of the first cookies I made when I began my professional baking career. Just like my former pastry chef Celeste Zecola who gave me the recipe, it’s one of my all-time favorites. I’ve made them in a variety of shapes and flavors, at every restaurant I’ve worked since. They’re incredibly easy to make and their delicate, crumbly texture makes them terribly addictive. The only catch? The recipe requires a stand mixer to cream the dough to a very light, airy consistency. (I’ve tried it by hand, and it takes a great deal of time with inferior results.) In this version, I made them with lime zest. But if you’d prefer another flavor—like lemon, vanilla bean or even black pepper—go for it. This dough is as versatile as it gets! Lime Meltaways – makes approximately 3 dozen cookies – Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup powdered sugar Zest of 2 limes, finely-grated 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt Procedure 1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. 2. Line two baking sheets with parchment. 3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, powered sugar, lime zest and…

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Steak with Burgundy Mushroom Sauce

I am in love with heavy, ingredient-rich steak sauces. Marlboro Man, on the other hand, believes a good steak should stand on its own. We’ll be seeking outside help for this fundamental life disagreement, but for today, I wanted to show you how to make this quick and easy mushroom sauce for whatever steak you feel like cooking tonight. A sirloin will work, or a skirt steak…or a fillet or a ribeye or anything else you might have languishing in your fridge. Whatever steak you decide to use, just know that the sauce will make it better. Just ask Marlboro Man. He’ll tell you. NOT.

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The Perfectly Simple Pizza Salad. Salad Recipe Series.

My Perfectly Simple Pizza Salad isn’t just a side dish recipe – it’s a necessary component to pizza night. I crave this salad with my pizza pie! And it’s super simple to prepare, so it grants your “easy dinner” wishes: Phone in order, prep your salad, grab some bevies – done! The Best Friday Night. There’s nothing better than a Friday night at home snuggling with your family, watching a good movie and ordering a pizza from your favorite neighborhood pizza guru . If you’re vegan and lucky , you’ve found a pizza joint that humbly makes you a delicious cheese-free pie loaded with fresh veggies, maybe even some Daiya vegan cheese melted on top. Pizza Salad. Every perfect pizza deserves a perfect pizza salad: crunchy chopped veggies over fluffy fresh greens, all marinating in a zesty-sweet vinaigrette dressing with a heavy handed dose of fresh black pepper on top. Stick your delivered pizza in a warm oven, because this salad is going to attract your forks’ attention for a while. Get my recipe and find out my fave pizza toppings.. Perfectly Simple Pizza Salad: Red Wine Vinegarette Dressing: My fave pizza toppings: kalamata olives, spinach, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, fresh basil, roasted garlic, capers, red onions, hemp…

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Et Tu, O-Town?

I feel I should prepare you in some way for today’s Wreck. Hm. Let’s see… Oh! I know. How about this: Think of a place. A happy place. A place where chocolate-dipped demon mummies can never, ever reach you – much less wrap you in their fudgy arms and squeeze the life-breath out of you. Are you imagining that happy place? Are you there? Ok , good. You may now proceed. AAAAAAUUUUGGGHHH !! THINK OF THE HAPPY PLACE! THINK OF THE HAPPY PLACE!!! Ahem. Yes, it IS cake. Forty six pounds of cake, to be precise, and fifty five pounds of chocolate ganache . It’s a testament to the baker’s skill that I could never get within arm’s reach of this thing, for fear of it suddenly coming to life like in Night at the Museum. Still, you’ve got to appreciate the humor of where they chose to start cutting: “Hey, girl, you have one sweet piece of… [noticing onlookers] …uh…shoulder blade.” Thanks to Wreckporter Jessica Y., who featured it here in her article for Orlando Weekly, and also to Paul J., the baker/sculptor, who’s been an awfully good sport about …

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A List

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Vegan Boys Are The Best

While I would never purport to being (even slightly) offended by the Vegan Boys Are The Worst song ( which incidently got a lot of heat Vegansaurus recently and was the impetus of this post), I feel as a vegan boy and fellow musician that I must offer up a retort. Is this Biggie vs Tupac? Hardly. But, this is New York City (SuperVegan Represent!) and when you get dissed you gotta go in and put that S on the streets. (see: Jay-Z vs Nas , LL Cool J vs Canibus , 50 vs Everybody ) Lyrics After the Jump! Hey vegan girl with your laundry list of issues Keep on crying Now, here’s a box of tissues Some vegan dudes might be a mess But last time I checked This vegan boy was the best My hairs always done up to the nines So ever stylish Well, I’m looking fine Some vegan dudes might be a mess Last time I checked this vegan dude was the best You’ll never catch me with Patchouli oil Hemp sweater Or being one with the soil Some vegan dudes might be a mess But last time I checked this vegan boy was the best I might not …

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Weekly Word Nerd Quiz – Saturday Night

If you love vocabulary…if interesting words make your knees go weak…if you think a good vocabulary word is as beautiful as a Mozart concerto or a Basset Hound’s ears… …then drop by and try your hand at the Smartypants Vocabulary Quiz this weekend. Word meanings, synonyms, antonyms, word origins…it’s all about words. Here are the details: Smartypants Quiz – Saturday, March 13, 5:00 pm Pacific Time Also: if you have word-loving students under your roof, have them jump right on in and give it a try. I had my twelve-year-old give the last Word Nerd quiz a whirl…and let’s just say she didn’t ace it. But I only made her sit there for four hours—I’ve always thought it’s important not to push our children into learning! A natural pace is always best. This’ll be fun and low-key: a couple of Kindles will be among the prizes. Drop by if you’re in the mood! Originally posted here: Weekly Word Nerd Quiz – Saturday Night

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Wine, Health, Science and Journalism: A Study in Headlines

I consume a lot of wine news. When I say a lot, I mean literally almost everything that’s published for free on the Internet about wine “passes by my desk” courtesy of Google Alerts, Technorati, a massive collection of RSS feeds, and more. Increasingly I get the opportunity to see how wine stories develop and spread through the Web’s news outlets, and it’s quite amazing to watch. Recently I’ve been watching with fascination as the mainstream press does its usual unraveling of some recently released research results focused on wine drinking in women and weight gain. Specifically, I’ve been giggling at the complete lack of understanding we seem to have of the difference between correlation and causation, combined with the creative liberties of headline writing: Moderate Drinking 'Can Keep Women Slim' : The Chosun Ilbo Glass of wine may keep women from gaining weight : New York Daily News Bottoms up for skinnier bottoms : Independent Women Who Consume Alcohol Gain Less Weight: Study : Huffington Post (blog) A drink a day could help keep the pounds away : Globe and Mail Cheers, Ladies! A Drink A Day …

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El Dorado Winery Association Tasting: March 20, San Francisco

One of the trends in the wine industry I’m happiest about involves the increasing initiative that wine regions are taking in making themselves visible to the public. Such activities by individual AVAs, or American Viticultural Areas, produce two important results: increased awareness of the individual region, and increased awareness of the difference between regions for consumers. I’m in full support. Public tasting events are one of the chief ways such wine regions are producing this visibility. These events are not only a lot of fun to go to, they are a wonderful education. While visiting the region is the best way to understand the wines, not everyone has the time, the energy, or the means to visit many of California’s wine regions. Even those who do can’t visit more than five or six wineries in a day’s tasting. But at these large tastings, the curious consumer can taste the efforts of twenty, fifty, or a hundred different wineries, and very quickly get a read on a specific region. Which brings me to the little tasting going on in about a week at Postrio Restaurant here in San Francisco. Twenty-four wineries from El …

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Sydney 2010: bills 2, Surry Hills

For me, a trip to Sydney is not complete without a trip to one of Bill Granger’s cafes. (See previous posts for example: bills 2 in 2005; bills 1, 2 AND 3 in 2006).bills 2359 Crown StSurry Hills NSW 2010Ph: (02) 9360-4762WebsiteWe came here on a Saturday morning at about 11:30. It was a short but strenuous walk from Central station – Googlemaps doesn’t show you just how hilly Surry Hills is! Here is the original post: Sydney 2010: bills 2, Surry Hills

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