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Fish Loaf

Fish Loaf

Each year for Thanksgiving, Todd's family likes to do an out-of-the-ordinary dinner. This tradition's been going on for years, and each year there's always a new dish with an interesting twist. Last year, for example, Todd's mom had hit a deer on election night and not wanting to waste it, her son-in-law came out to the scene of the accident, field-dressed it (it's legal in their state), and we had it for Thanksgiving.


Herbed Vinegars

Herbed Vinegar Ingredients

Our garden is a very happy place for cooking herbs - at least the damp winter-hearty ones like thyme and sorrel. It's usually too damp and cool in our little patch for warm weather herbs. It's like they don't drain enough or ever get warm enough to grow. This summer we planted basil in our new greenhouse - and now we have more than we can eat. The same holds true for purple shiso, which we bought as a young plant at our local farmer's market.


Strozzapretti with Tomato Sauce and Fresh Basil

Strozzapretti with Tomato Sauce and Fresh Basil

Strozzapretti. Means 'priest stranglers' in Italian.

Sometimes food is serious business. Sometimes it just makes you laugh. That was the case when I saw the name of this pasta in the last Corti Brothers quarterly newsletter, and I knew I had to buy it.


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