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Another dinner party, another roast chicken. I don’t actually have that much more to say about this one, amazingly, other than that the original recipe comes from the magazine Real Simple, which the middle-aged woman in me just adores. Try the chicken (which literally takes 10 minutes or less of active time to produce true [...]

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Waste Not…

Last night, I made a beautiful burnished red stock with the leftover skin and bones from my paprika-cayenne roast chicken. Stock is one of the easiest and most useful things to make; and really incredibly satisfying, since you are using things you would otherwise throw away (plus maybe 50 cents of vegetables) to make something [...]

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Now that I’ve been cooking for a while, I’ve created a little stable of what I call my “go-to” dishes — dishes that are easy but delicious, suitable for serving to a guest. What I mean by go-to dishes is one step above the grilled cheese you make for yourself at midnight on Wednesday or [...]

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