The best thing about this tart?  Oh, besides the fact that it’s delicious?  Besides the fact that it’s beautiful?  Besides the fact that a five-year-old could make it in about 45 minutes?  Besides all those?  Well, it’s made almost entirely from ingredients I found in the middle of winter at our local farmer’s market.
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At an extrordinary meal at Babbo a few weeks ago, I tasted a friend’s pasta dish that included thinly sliced truffles.  The fragrance and flavor were so strong, so overwhelming, that everything else in the dish sort of faded into the background.  A few days later, at a specialty food store in the West Village, I [...]

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Can I even describe how good these are?   Not adequately.  Soft, warm, and incredibly flavorful, I knew I was going to make these the moment I saw them at Sunita’s World (her photos show what these are supposed to look like — my novice attempts are neither as flat, thin, or round as they should be). [...]

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First, happy holidays to everyone reading this!  If you’re finished cooking your Christmas dinner and you’re looking for a healthy snack to tide you over until tomorrow morning, read on.
I am a little bit obsessed with edamame. But after ordering it as takeout from my favorite sushi restaurant night after night, I decided there [...]

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I have been thinking about  making a savory apple tart for a while.  So it seemed like fate when I made a quick trip to the Union Square farmer’s market on Friday.  Not surprisingly, by early evening in the middle of winter, the selection was pretty slim.  I pretty much could buy apples, apples, or apples. 
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