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Recipe: TikTok Cabbage Pickle
TikTok Cabbage Pickle.TikTok Cabbage Pickle is pretty, versatile and easy to make. (I transcribe the recipe in a few minutes and regret I did not capture the name of the original poster.) It’s a cross...
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My grape jelly secret
My secret grape jelly stash from McDonald’s. Actually I have two grape jelly secrets. The first is that it is a surprising ingredient in our Mystery Mayo, the doenjang dressing in Koreatown A Cookbook...
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Variations on a pickled onion
Today’s pickled onion was cooked to a soft, almost spreadable consistency. We grilled cevapcici (an Adriatic sausage) to serve with avjar (a red pepper topping) on Memorial Day. What else do you need?...
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Recipe: Avjar Red Pepper Spread
Ajvar Roasted Red Pepper Spread. Avjar is a condiment used through the Balkans made with ground red peppers plus some eggplant to stretch the recipe. Serious Eats did an exhaustive experiment to find...
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Recipe: Onion Jam
Onion Jam. I wanted to reproduce the Divina Onion Jam I bought at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco and was mostly successful. This stuff is intense; use it sparingly on a sandwich or serve on a...
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Recipe: Chicago-Style Giardiniera
Chicago-Style Giardiniera. We have some Chicago-style Italian beef sandwiches in our future for which Chicago-Style Giardiniera is a key component. Compared to our standard giardiniera it’s spicier,...
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Recipe: Marinated Artichokes and Hearts of Palm
Marinated Artichokes and Hearts of Palm. Stores sell marinated artichokes, so why not marinated artichokes and hearts of palm? They’re both mild vegetables that contribute more texture than taste, and...
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Recipe: Tomato Jam
Tomato Jam with brie on crackers. Tomato jam would make a nice accompaniment to our onion jam if you’re putting together a fancy sandwich. It also goes great on a cracker with a smear of brie. No need...
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Recipe: Best Tomato Jam
Tomato Jam. Use this tomato jam recipe instead of the one we published previously; it’s got a better flavor balance and more pectin so it doesn’t mold as easily when you store in the fridge. A version...
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Recipe: Baba Ganoush with Yoghurt
Baba Ganoush with Yoghurt. I wanted to replicate the wonderfully creamy baba ganoush at Bon Appetit Cafe, my local Mediterranean (actually Egyptian) place. Adding a bit of high quality whole milk...
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