Category: ginger

Spinach Salad with Edamame, Smoked Tofu, Tamari Almonds, and Soy-Ginger Dressing

21 March 2011

Happy Spring, Yummies! After a beautiful, warm Friday here in NYC, our weekend got progressively colder, and today it’s a cold, dark world out there.  Now it’s pouring, and it’s in the 30’s/40’s.  After dropping my son off at his play group this morning and splashing my way home, I was soaked to the bone. […]

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Quick Christmas Morning Cinnamon Snails

14 December 2010

In her kindergarten class, my daughter and her friends are studying snails.  They have become little experts on whorls (the swirl on a snail’s shell) and just about every other detail of snail living, and to celebrate, I got to spend an afternoon with them at school making a holiday take on lumace, snail pastries. […]

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Soba Noodles in a Sesame-Ginger Sauce with Steamed Veggies

01 February 2010

A couple of years back at the birthday party of my daughter’s friend, a special soba noodle dish graced the table. A huge platter was piled high with the beautiful, glistening noodles and studded with carrots. Alongside the chicken fingers and pizzas, it was the obvious stunner on the table, and when I tasted it, […]

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Gingery Pickled Peaches

03 August 2009

Several calls and emails came in last week. The gist was this: Cate, I have all of these peaches. Help!?!?! My response: Love them now and love them in the middle of February. Gingery Pickled Peaches *8 c. peaches, peeled and pitted*** *2 c. honey *1 1/4 c. white vinegar *1 1/4 c. water *2 […]

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Hot Honeyed Lemon-Apple-Ginger

13 January 2009

Over the weekend here there were threats of a big snowstorm that would snuggle the City under a few inches of snow. For a girl who grew up in the South, in a place where snow happened about three or four times in eighteen years, an actual biggish storm still seems so glamorous and romantic. […]

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