People look at me like I have 5 heads when I tell them I don’t like potatoes. A potato is a ball of starchy blandness, that without outside flavors would be pretty much useless. That being said, my only 2 exceptions for potato dishes I’ll allow are: tater tots and gnocchi. I saw this great idea…
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We’ve had this frozen bag of shrimp in the freezer since the last cat’s birthday (we spoil them clearly). I knew it was reaching its expiration date soon so I figured why not throw ’em in some pasta and make a dish out of it. The cats are spoiled enough – time to let the…
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Spring is coming! And who else besides my group of (gay) friends decided to throw a welcome party into spring? The rules were clear: ingredients must be spring-forward, and just be cautious on not bringing too many meat dishes (vegetarians in the house of course). Challenge accepted. I went to the local vegetable stand (or…
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Don’t take Gus Portokalos’ word that Windex cures all. It’d be more believable if he said it was Yiayia’s Avgolemono Soup. I first tried Avgolemono soup one cold day in Astoria many, many years ago. I had no idea what it was (let alone how to pronounce it), but my very-Greek server guaranteed I’d love…
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