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Whole Wheat Bagels

Posted on January 25, 2012 by diary of a tomato

Except for a restaurant job that required me to make 30 apple tarts a day, my experience has mostly been at the savory end of things. In the kitchens that had them, pastry cooks seemed a separate breed from those of … Continue reading →

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1.21.12 Blue afternoon

Posted on January 23, 2012 by diary of a tomato

Once it stopped snowing, we checked on the covered beds to make sure they hadn’t collapsed. Only a couple of inches of accumulation. It was late afternoon and everything was cast in a blue light. We took a walk… …down … Continue reading →

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1.21.12 Snow day

Posted on January 21, 2012 by diary of a tomato

“What are you doing?” “I’m doing a snow dance to make it snow.” “Oh. Looks like it’s working.”

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Farfalle with Northern Shrimp and Pistachio Pesto

Posted on January 20, 2012 by diary of a tomato

I often include shrimp when making pasta with pesto, so when I came across a Sicilian one based on pistachios, it seemed natural to add shrimp to it also. This has since strayed far from the original and, like all … Continue reading →

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Field Trip: Northern shrimp from the F/V Rimrack

Posted on January 16, 2012 by diary of a tomato

Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) is available fresh only while in season, and when it’s here we freeze enough to supply us for the coming year. We buy it directly from the F/V Rimrack based at Rye Harbor, one of New … Continue reading →

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Northern Shrimp with Tomatoes and Yellow Eye Beans

Posted on January 13, 2012 by diary of a tomato

The season for Northern Shrimp — a sweet, delicate wintertime treat — has finally arrived. We buy buckets of them straight off the boat, so fresh they’re still wriggling around. Left overnight to calm themselves down, we then roll up our … Continue reading →

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Cheddar and Ale Gougères

Posted on January 11, 2012 by diary of a tomato

When I had an unexplicable urge to make gougères, I wondered if I was channeling something. All of a sudden they seemed the right thing to make. Light as air with tops shellacked by melted cheese, their crackling crust give way … Continue reading →

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