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The DIY Kitchen: Easy-As-Pie Pita

By kristen | Published: March 8, 2010
I’ll admit it, I have been on a bit of a baking spree lately. But could anything possibly feel as good as the time-honored tradition of mixing yeast, flour and water? This recipe is a great recipe for novice bakers from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian (my personal Bible). The rise time is short [...]
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Olive Oil Cake with Ginger-Thyme Syrup

By kristen | Published: March 5, 2010
Conde Nast Traveler may predict that olive oil is on its way out of fashion, but in my pantry, this stuff will always be fat number one. When I first made this olive oil cake, adapted from the cook book Olives & Oranges by Sara Jenkins (of east village eatery Porschetta), I was smitten. This [...]
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The DIY Kitchen: No-knead bread

By kristen | Published: March 4, 2010
If you’re going to screw up bread, it’s most likely going to be in the kneading. So why knead when there’s no need? I’m guessing that’s exactly what went through  Sullivan Street Bakery bread master Jim Lahey’s head when he decided to pen, “My bread,” his revolutionary cookbook of no knead breads. This technique will [...]
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Breakfast Pizza, it’s what’s for dinner

By kristen | Published: March 3, 2010
For a while now, I have been itching to try Motorino’s breakfast pizza. Alas, every single weekend I seemingly fail to hop the G before the brunch bell tolls. But you know what they say: if you can’t bring the man to the pizza, bring the pizza to the man. Last night Brian obliged me by [...]
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Weather got you down? Make soup.

By kristen | Published: February 24, 2010
When it’s drizzly and cold outside, there are few better options of coping than skipping the gym, pushing aside your pile of work and making a big, warm bowl of soup. Right? Right. I’m smack in the middle of devouring (pun intended) Julia Child’s memoir, My Life in France, so I’ve been feeling a bit Frenchy [...]
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