Orangette turns one
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It all started a year ago today. I tiptoed out onto a big, black screen and tossed up a few tentative words, and 365 days, 121 posts, 1 digi...
On reliables, rituals, and a warm corn salad
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For the restless kitchen-dweller or market maven, a calendar is redundant: we tell time by flora and fauna. Each season has its reliables, i...
On a misunderstood mousse and the girl who loved it anyway
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For a good number of her formative years, my friend Jennifer was constitutionally incapable of following a recipe. It wasn’t an issue of wil...
San Francisco: no famine in sight
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I’m no jet-setter, but when it comes to planes, trains, and automobiles, I generally aim for the first, funds permitting. For someone who li...
9 am Sunday: oatmeal ups the ante
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I accepted the challenge, and I conquered: I cooked breakfast for Jimmy, the reigning king of Sunday mornings, and dear reader, he asked for...
On Independence Day, and the tyranny of bad tortillas
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The Fourth of July is, no question, pretty exciting. There are the parades, the loudly flapping flags, and the burgers that dribble down the...
Suited for each other: rhubarb meringue tart
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I am not, by nature, wildly energetic. I’m far from slothful—give or take a few semantic quibbles, of course—but I’ve never been one to wake...