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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.


Epic Failures: Fall 2009

Epic Failures: Fall 2009

People tell me all the time about how intimidated they are to bake or cook for me because everything on my blog looks so good (said with emphasis). I always have to explain that I have my handy digital camera, and even though I'm not a very good photographer, I can take 20 pictures of something and I'm likely to come out with at least one pretty nice picture. That doesn't mean that I don't make a mess, and certainly I have my fair share of failures in the kitchen.


Raw Parsnip Dolmas

Raw Parsnip Dolmas

We eat a lot of meat. Grilled, confited, and roasted - we are not strangers to eating high on the hog. But we make a good effort to eat other things too, and are enthusiastic tofu, seitan, and tempeh eaters, and we incorporate raw food in our diet too. It's even better when the raw food isn't just a tossed salad, or some hippie-granola ick (noted, we eat hippie ick). Our raw diet changed with the purchase of Charlie Trotter and Roxanne Klein's RAW. Their recipes elevated raw food to the gourmet level, and they integrated flavor profiles from all over the world.


Raw Cauliflower Curry Salad

Raw Cauliflower Curry Salad

Earlier this year we went on a really brief raw diet - I think we lasted all of 10 days. But we handled the whole thing wrong. We started the diet at the beginning of February, which isn't the best time for vegetable options, at least not any that you're going to eat at room temperature (which hovers around 60 in our house). It was also incredibly difficult to get enough calories for me to stay warm, especially at night. We tried to pack in protein with sprouted legumes and lots of nut-based cheese, but it was really too hard for me to stay warm. It was like my bones were made of ice.


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