Side Dish
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Thumbprint Cookies – Nowruz Recipe
I‘m at an age when I may be guilty of idealizing my youth in a kind of “the good old days” filter that blocks out any unpleasant memories of political or cultural unease. Of course, I wasn’t aware of any such issues, at least not in a way that was meaningful: I had a privileged…
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Flour Head Bakery’s Appalachian Trail Mix Cookies
You cook? Then try this recipe, post a picture on social media and tag us! Also use our hash tag #FoodGottaCook and we’ll randomly pick a winner and send them a Tomato Head Gift Card! I have a sneaky feeling that the creation of gravy happened somewhere at the intersection of accident and eureka. In…
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Tomato Head’s Collard and Creamed Leek Pie
I grew up attending a small and fiery little church, where I learned that we were right and you were wrong. In fact, there was a joke about us… A Baptist minister who, upon entering heaven, asked St. Peter for a tour of the place. They moved past many different halls, each filled with hosts…
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Hummus – Tradition and Invention
Absolutes are dangerous. Of course, absolutes are also attractive, sometimes very attractive because they eliminate uncertainty and create a kind of level playing ground for the mind. After all, life is so unpredictable, it’s only natural that we’re drawn to anything we perceive as steady, fixed and resolved. But the truth is, the truth can…
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Deviled Eggs
My relationship with eggs is a Facebook status: It’s complicated. And like many a well-documented social media bond, my affair with eggs has always been mercurial and overly sensitive to the delicate shadings of status updates. Today, I’m a fan of eggs of all sorts – boiled, deviled, poached and even shirred. But it’s been…
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Chess Pie
Chess pie may not be what you think it is. There’s the name, of course; unlike apple or peach or even buttermilk pie, chess pie doesn’t sound like what’s in it. It doesn’t promise a crust filled with bishops or even pawns. There are many stories about its name, and in one version, as Mahasti…
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Sweet Pie Pastry
Recipe 10 TBL Butter, room temperature ½ cup Granulated Sugar ¼ tsp Salt 1 Large Egg 2 cups All Purpose Flour Makes 2- 9 -inch crusts Place the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until smooth with the paddle attachment. While mixer is running on low, gradually add the sugar…
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Flour Head Bakery Strawberry Dumplings
My relationship to dumplings is complicated. And it has been since I was forced to smile through some underdone, chicken flavored flour blob forced upon my plate at a church potluck. I don’t know if you know the rules about these events, but you can rest assured that every potluck contributor is judging your plate…
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Matzo Balls for Matzo Ball Soup
Matzo Ball Soup Recipe 4 large eggs 1 tsp Salt ½ tsp Black Pepper, ground 2 TBL Parsley, chopped ¼ cup Schmaltz (chicken fat), or melted shortening ¼ cup Chicken Stock 1 ¼ cup Matzo crackers, ground In a medium bowl whisk eggs. Add salt, pepper, parsley, schmaltz and chicken stock and mix until incorporated. …