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FOOD: Cider house rules

It’s one of those magical signs that fall has arrived: our favorite autumnal flavors show up on restaurant menus. Pumpkin and apple everything are suddenly everywhere. Living in the second-largest apple-growing state in the United States (only Washington has us beat), it’s impossible to turn anywhere without seeing the tree-borne fall fruit. Soil just south […]

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Dish 2013: Updating the kiddie menu

A couple of weeks ago, my family got carry-out from one of our favorite Asian restaurants. We ordered Chinese-style chicken curry, fish stir-fried with garlic and scallions, a dish made with crushed tofu and mushrooms, and a plate of salt-and-pepper squid — a tangle of tiny deep-fried tentacles that looked very much like the climactic […]

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DISH ’10: Flambe guide

 [ RECIPES ] Several years ago, I acquired the “Time Life Picture Cookbook” — a gigantic coffee table-style book published in 1958. Aside from its cool pictures of men barbecuing in suits and ties, and children eating their lunches in kitchens with atomic symbols on the curtains, the cookbook gave me a window into a […]

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