I have many nemeses in the culinary world, and this is one of them. Perhaps you’ve heard of roasted chickpeas before and you would expect them to be nice and crispy, right? Hot oven = crispy skin. But when you go to make them, they’re not very crispy at all….
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My kids go through these unpredictable phases… Sometimes it’s sleeping through the night, usually it’s not sleeping at all, and as of late it’s ‘borrowing’ things from the grocery store. Nothing stands a chance. All kinds of random things get stuffed into my bag, forcing me to keep a watchful…
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Oh, yeah baby. Country sourdough with walnuts and raisins! You’re lucky this bread even made it to post, because I kept picking at it as I was trying to shoot. It was nearly impossible to stay away! The inside is so chewy, studded with plump organic raisins and bits of…
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According to the Chinese calendar, it is the year of the horse. My husband is a horse (I am a monkey) and apparently, you are not allowed to dig anything for the whole year. That’s right, absolutely no digging. This information comes to us via Sfoglia’s sous chef, by way of…
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The last time I made risotto, I caught my 4 year old trying to give the cat a haircut. You see? This is what happens when you decide to make risotto at 5 o’clock on a weeknight. You become a slave to the stove, frantically stirring away while your kids…
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