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Potage Au Cresson (French-Style Watercress Soup)
Potage Au Cresson (French-Style Watercress Soup)

“We have so much in common, we both love soup and snow peas, we love the outdoors, and talking and not talking. We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.” -Actress Jennifer Coolidge as voluptuous trophy wife Sherri Ann Cabot in Christopher Guest’s hilarious mockumentary Best In Show

Valrhona Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Valrhona Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

“All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” -American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip classic Peanuts

Classic Spaghetti Alle Vongole
Classic Spaghetti Alle Vongole

“Yes the world may stop and the world may spin. It’s all the same to the clam.” -The brilliant and prolific children’s book author (among other things) Shel Silverstein, from his beloved collection A Light In The Attic

Classic Insalata Caprese
Classic Insalata Caprese

“Three tomatoes are walking down the street: a Poppa tomato, a Momma tomato, & a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, & smooshes him…..& says, “Catch up!” -The radiant Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s classic 1994 film Pulp Fiction

Classic Strawberry Shortcake
Classic Strawberry Shortcake

“I’ve got it all in here. Ultra Violets. Flying Saucers. Strawberry Bootlace. C’mon. Get involved.” -Self-proclaimed “confuser” Noel Fielding as “The Hitcher” in the trippy, brilliant television version of Britain’s so-so-so-good The Mighty Boosh

Classic Beef Stew
Classic Beef Stew

“If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along and you’ll start happening too.” -Dr. Seuss, pseudonym of American writer/illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel, writer of (hands, like, totally down) my most beloved and revered children’s books ever in the history of…..ever

Classic Beef Stroganoff with Buttered Egg Noodles
Classic Beef Stroganoff with Buttered Egg Noodles

“All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbecue and there was no meat, I would say “Yo Goober! Where’s the meat?” I’m trying to impress people, here, Lisa. You don’t win friends with salad.” -Homer Simpson, lovable carnivore and patriarch of The Simpsons family

Classic Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce and Dill-Coated Egg Noodles
Classic Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce and Dill-Coated Egg Noodles

“Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they’re made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.” -Lemony Snicket, pseudonym of Daniel Handler, the wonderful author of perfectly un-PC, slightly topsy-turvy children’s stories

Classic Pot Roast
Classic Pot Roast

“Being American is to eat a lot of beef steak, and boy, we’ve got a lot more beef steak than any other country, and that’s why you ought to be glad you’re an American. And people have started looking at these big hunks of bloody meat on their plates, you know, and wondering what on Earth they think they’re doing.” -Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., American writer and satirist

Mom’s Apple Pie
Mom’s Apple Pie

“In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” -Carl Sagan, American Astronomer, Author, and Personal Hero

French Apple Tart
French Apple Tart

“In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.” -W. Somerset Maugham, English writer and author of one of my favorite books, The Razor’s Edge

Ragoût of Lamb with Spring Vegetables
Ragoût of Lamb with Spring Vegetables

“Ghostbusters. Yes, we’re back.” -American actress Annie Potts as quirky, bug-eyed secretary Janine Melnitz in “Ghostbusters 2“ I’m proud to announce that we’re back online, coming to you live and direct from our new headquarters in a renovated firehouse in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.  It’s just like Ghostbusters, sort of!  The new kitchen is amazing and I [...]


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