Winter Squash Recipes
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Apple and Hokkaido Squash Compote with Mayotte Vanilla
[Apple and Hokkaido Squash Compote with Mayotte Vanilla]
I recently read that online shopping -- or just online window-shopping -- was a widespread form of procrastination. I cannot remember where I read this, but that's probably because reading random stuff on the Internet is another way in which I squander vast amounts of my time.
In any case, the online shopping observation certainly struck...
Butternut Squash and Vanilla Soup
[Butternut Squash and Vanilla Soup]
If it sort of seems from my recent postings that all I eat these days is soup, well, it's not very far from the truth. But see, all those winter vegetables are really begging for it, and I don't have the heart to turn them down. Besides, since I am now equipped with a cast-iron cocotte and an immersion blender, it's only courteous of me to use them, right?
T...
On Saturday morning, from the attractive stall of my favorite produce merchant at the Marché des Batignolles, a potimarron is beaming up at me.
Plump orange cheeks, smooth skin with faint white lines -- who could resist? I pick it up to get a better feel of its perfect shape and weight, cup it in my gloved hands, and adopt it instantly.
The stall-keeper, a pretty young woman with a crinkled ...
Spaghetti Squash Gratin with Walnut and Bacon
[Gratin de courge spaghetti, noix et lardons]
It saddens me when people attemp to pass off food items as something they're not: they're selling those foods short, and setting eaters up for disappointment. No, meatless burgers are not at all like beef burgers, carob chips have nothing to do with chocolate chips, and I don't know in what parallel low-carb universe spaghetti squash is seen as an a...
Warm Hokkaido Squash and White Bean Salad
[Warm Hokkaido Squash and White Bean Salad]
I write this from a café where I like to go and get some work done when I find it difficult to concentrate at home. Today, however, an unforeseen challenge has materialized on my path. Sitting a few tables from mine are two living clichés: a blond, middle-aged, French casting director and a young, craggy-bearded, khaki-vested film director from LA. ...
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