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Buckwheat Crêpes with Leek Jam

On this rainy day holiday weekend we went to the Hartford Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, an unjustly overlooked institution with an...

Spiced Tomato Quiche

It's the wrong time of year to be thinking about tomatoes, but I think about tomatoes all year round. I have also been enjoying eggs...

Vegetable Popover Pie

This dish uses the carmelized flavor of the vegetables cooked inside the pudding as an alternative to beef drippings. It is deeply savory.

Oeufs en meurette (& a bacon epiphany)

There are some meals and flavors, like pieces of music, that even if experienced once, are never forgotten. One of these was a simple...

Scallion Brown Butter Skillet Waffles

I spent several days this week locked in combat with dough. Last week, I got overconfident following my success in making "foolproof"...