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Chicken cooked in milk

I believe this is the best chicken I have ever eaten, with the possible exception of the roast chicken at Zuni in San Francisco. It is even better than the chicken I ate in Paris, which I still dream about. Continue reading →

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People need celebration

I am sharing this today, April 10, 2023. I wrote this in 2011, before cancer, before a lot of things. This is Holy Week, and Passover, and spring. It matters. GirasoleAzzurra/The LadyHawk 23 April 2011 @ 06:51 pm Sacred spring … Continue reading →

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Zucchini blossoms/Pumpkin flowers

Zucchini blossoms / pumpkin flowers, first published in 2015 or so. When I was a child, these were an extraordinary summer treat, almost magical, because no one I knew except our relatives ever made them. I made them today, and … Continue reading →

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Pastina & Sciapito

23 April 2016 @ 06:49 pm My mother died last week, peacefully and surrounded by much of her family, at the age of 93. We lost her rather earlier than that. She had dementia for the past seven years or … Continue reading →

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