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If you’re on the pro side of the pumpkin pie debate, chances are you have a favorite recipe. Maybe it’s as simple as opening a can of the ready-to-plop-into-crust mix (that goes into a store-bought crust). Or you swear by th…

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These lighter-than-air crispy crackers make their way to my holiday table quite often. They aren't always the same—sometimes I change out…

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Some of the greatest drinks in the mixological canon are deceptive in their simplicity. Consider the Old Fashioned, the Daiquiri, the gin Ma…

If you don’t want to go to all the bother of soaking and cooking them, canned chickpeas work extraordinarily well
- James Beard, Beard on Food

I wanted to go to all the bother of cooking dried chickpeas from scratch. Why? Well, because I never had…

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Editor’s note: On Mondays, Kristen Swensson Sturt of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Take it away, Kristen!

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[Photographs: Kerry Saretsky]

I am a total junkie for French food magazines, which is where I first saw the idea for a sweet quiche. I often ask myself the question, “Is …

Fried rice, or cha-han (チャーハン) as it’s called in Japan (a word imported from Chinese), is one of my comfort foods. (It’s also called yakimeshi 焼き飯, depending on where you grew up and so on.) There are variations of fried rice thro…

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I was searching for the ultimate fried squid recipe, or calamari as it was dubbed by all the restaurants around my hometown. Most times I’ve had the dish, the squid has be…

Looks like breakfast to me. [Photographs: Liz Gutman]

I recently received a gift card to a schmancy kitchen goods store. After my business partner Jen convinced me that I could get all the boring, utilitarian stuff, I'd had in mind to get—mix…

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Ah, fall. The squirrel-like part of my personality wants to pack away foods for winter. That’s great when I’m canning tomatoes or pickling pepp…