Category Archives: dinner

Candy Pork

I was trying to remember when we renamed Chinese Barbecue Pork. In my memory, it is connected to a trip Megan took to the Pacific Northwest when she was a teenager, about a decade ago. Something about eating freshly grilled … Continue reading

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Warm Roasted Broccoli Salad with Maple Sesame Dressing

I am a fake homesteader*. The idea of growing and/or raising my own food, of making things from scratch, appeals to me tremendously. I love the idea of living off the grid, of being free of the corporate economy, of … Continue reading

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Polish Fish with Greek Sauce

Honestly, I can never remember whether this recipe is Called Polish Fish with Greek Sauce or Greek Fish with Polish Sauce. When my sister Wendy, my beautiful niece, Tal, and I made it a couple of weeks ago in Florida, … Continue reading

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Slow Pork Stew

Do you ever cook for young men? Isn’t it fun? Brian‘s been home for a few weeks preparing for a trip to Asia. Several of his twentysomething buddies have been around, too. I’ve been having the best time cooking “man … Continue reading

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Squashsagna

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here in the house in the woods. I hope yours was full of love, laughter, good food, and gratitude! I’m sitting in the newly open family room with Meg, looking out at the snow, and … Continue reading

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Unstuffed Cabbage, The Sequel

I published a recipe for “deconstructed” stuffed cabbage here on the blog in November of 2014; it was DebsPots 8th blog post. Please don’t click on the blog link!! The recipe is fine, though I’ve tweaked it a bit. But … Continue reading

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Wood Roasted Chicken with Bread Salad

    Sometimes the things we love horrify our children. As a new, make-it-from-scratch mama living in a town full of apple orchards, I made my babies homemade applesauce as their first foods. They spit it out then, are still … Continue reading

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Butterless Butter Chicken

Butter chicken was Brian’s idea in the first place. I’d never even heard of it. When he was a sophomore at GWU, he described a new Indian dish he’d tried at one of his favorite takeout places. At the time, … Continue reading

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Poke Bowl: The Hawaii Post

I am such a homebody, my mother thinks I’m agoraphobic! My idea of a perfect day is to go for a long run in the woods, come home and dunk in the pool, putter in the kitchen and studio, go … Continue reading

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Stuffed Grape Leaves

  What does the final week of June mean to you? For most of us, it’s a celebration of the true beginning of summer, school is out, the days are warm and long, the fawns are capering with the bunnies, … Continue reading

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