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Vermont Late Winter Cottage Pie

Vermont Late Winter Cottage Pie

  These are days when we can all use some comfort food. And, with us cooking all our meals, it’s great to construct a dish that will give you leftovers to smile about. The bubbling topping here is cheese over a layer of mashed veggies: potatoes, turnips, and...
TBT Recipe: Trout Marinated with Sweet Onions from 1999

TBT Recipe: Trout Marinated with Sweet Onions from 1999

In my review earlier today of The Italian Country Table, by Lynne Rossetto Kasper, I mentioned this dish as the prototype of Italian style: a few ingredients, quickly and carefully assembled into a dish of distinctive beauty. Pair these trout with some boiled potatoes...
Charred Broccoli and Red Onion Salad

Charred Broccoli and Red Onion Salad

  Just stop. Stop. Just because you see the word “broccoli” is no reason to run away. Time to man up here. Broccoli is just a veggie, not a foreign substance from Mars. It’s good for you. And, and, you might actually find this salad quite delicious. Pairing the...
Ballymaloe Irish Stew

Ballymaloe Irish Stew

  Suzi and I are on our last weekend of Spring Break out in the Southwest. I’m gambling in advance as I write this [April 5] that spring has not yet arrived in the East. If it is still chilly,  you might delight with a good stew. I have one today, one tomorrow....