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Chances are if you have kids they eat some type of chicken nuggets, perhaps under the golden arches, perhaps you buy some all-natural-organic nugget, but before you let your kid take one more bite I urge you to reconsider the source of that processed chicken. There are some things we eat (and by we I […]

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My parents married when I was nine, and by way of an explanation in this age of people marrying after they have children, this was a second marriage for both of them. If I recall correctly, my dad served my (step) mother breakfast in bed every day of their marriage. This may sound really sweet, […]

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Last week was a double header at COOK Masters program, and though I am still reeling from the whirlwind bread baking class that James Barrett from Metropolitan Bakery miraculously crammed into two hours, The Sauce class left me giddy and literally sauced (and not in a Chris Christie kind of way).  The class was led […]

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People cook for all sorts of reasons, for some it is a drudgery that must be endured, for me it is always from the heart.  I cook, not just because it is a way to express my love for others— though that is certainly one reason, but also because I love the alchemy of cooking. […]

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I can’t recall the first time I had an egg cream, but I was too young to question the lack of both egg and cream in this delicious treat. For years, Dave’s on the corner of Canal and Broadway was the place for an authentic NYC egg cream, and I would often stop there on […]

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