genuine food.
(pretentious title. unpretentious food.)

I love to cook. I'm trying to eat better. I lean towards no-frills, plain recipes using reasonably available, fresh ingredients. All photos are mine, all rights reserved. Please comment if you have suggestions, questions, guidance, or praise.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Oat and Maple Syrup Scones (tip of the hat to smittenkitchen.com)

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I love Deb at smittenkitchen . Her writing is lovely and descriptive and down-to-earth and funny, and the recipes she chooses to showcase a...

Monday, March 21, 2011

Sweet Potato Puff Pastry Pizza

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I've been recuperating from surgery for the past couple of weeks, and while some very kind people have brought over yummy dinners for th...

Monday, February 28, 2011

Bald Guy's Birthday Cake

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It was BG's birthday yesterday. He turned 45. BG's aged remarkably well (I keep looking for the portrait stashed in the back of his ...

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Friday, January 28, 2011

It's the little things - Taiwanese sesame cucumbers

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This week I've been concentrating on appreciating the things I usually take for granted. It's been a long, cold winter, and it's...

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Nordic Winter Vegetable Soup

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I like soups. The Bald Guy probably gets sick of all the myriad variations of something-swimming-in-liquid dinners I prepare, especially in ...

Monday, October 18, 2010

Stilton Quinoa Bake - a loosey goosey recipe

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It's not unusual for me to make up a recipe out of the necessity to get rid of things in my fridge. In this case, the food in question w...

Friday, October 15, 2010

Lemony Thumbprint Scones

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I don't always like Bon Appetit magazine - the recipes tend to be over-inflated with too many steps, ingredients that aren't easy t...

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magpie: I'm a crazy liberal married to a soldier. I love to cook and write and read and draw and sing and walk around outside pretending I'm the outdoor type. I live in North Yorkshire, England, after having lived in Anchorage, Alaska. I'm originally from South Carolina. Someday I will create a recipe combining all those places.

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