One Man, Two Guvnors – on Broadway

June 21, 2012

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One Man, Two Guvnors

By  Richard Bean

 

I just saw this show for the second time – yes, the second time, and trust me:  Go see this show right now!  It is hysterical!

I first went during previews.  I had heard good things from the run in London, and though I hadn’t seen James Corden on stage before, I’ve had a secret crush on him (he’s simply charming and adorable!) from my not-so-secret love of British chat shows….so I *knew* this was something I wanted to see.

It’s farce, it has fun, original music, it’s *very* physical humor…. it is, in a word: hysterical.  But I can’t really tell you anything about it.  No, really.  I can’t.  It would be wrong.  Because to tell you about it would deprive you of the fun of the absurdity unfolding.  And that would be a shame.  Trust me, truly a shame. Read the full article →

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Piyaz

June 14, 2012

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Piyaz- White Beans and Kale with a Dill Lemon Broth

Piyaz inspired by Jose Andreas' version of the classic dish

Heading back to Washington DC for this year’s Summer Fancy Food Show got me to thinking about all the places we ate and drank during the FFS last year…..and brought to mind the the one dish I had to recreate when we got back: Piyaz.  If you’re like me (before last summer at least), you’re wondering just what the heck “Piyaz” is….. Read the full article →
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Filed Under: DC, Mains, Recipe, Savory, Sides, Vegetarian-Friendly

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Fresh Salsa Salad

June 9, 2012

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Fresh Salsa Salad

This couldn’t-be-easier salad was inspired by a now (sadly) defunct restaurant in my hometown: The Silo. My family ate many, many meals there over the years, hosted birthday parties, celebrated milestones, received sports awards and college scholarships there, all accompanied by the delicious Silo food.

The Silo first opened in the 1950’s, I believe…and some of that kind of service: vegetables served for the table, freshly baked bread, every meal coming with a soup or salad course…remained until it’s last day. One of my favorite of the ‘old-style-service’ traditions was sending out a little plate of mixed-vegetable salad along with the bread. It was never a leaf-lettuce salad (you got that later in the proceedings), but more of a three-bean salad or marinated crunchy vegetable mix. These snappily flavored mixes, along with that fresh warm bread and butter, really got your taste-buds humming and excited for the courses that lay ahead. Read the full article →

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Filed Under: Appetizer/Snack, Diet-Friendly, Salad, Savory, Sides, Vegetarian-Friendly

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Dame’s Chicken and Waffles in Durham, NC

June 6, 2012

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Dame's Chicken and Waffles - Perhaps one of the best logos ever!

Here is the first in a series about *great* places to eat *even better* food in North Carolina. NC is my kinda state – lushly green and beautiful, friendly people with that beautiful Southern accent (the one my cousins, who live in NC, brought along on every summer visit out East….making this little New England girl curse her fate for not being born a Southern Belle….), fruits and vegetables that come in so much earlier than on the East Coast (huge, ripe peaches in May. May (!) for goodness sake!), sweet tea – with free refills – everywhere you turn, and deep, rich, down-home cooking at it’s best. Often with the Pig being the center of attention – which as you know, always makes me happy. Read the full article →

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Filed Under: North Carolina, Restaurant, Travel

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Spicy Chicken Chili

June 2, 2012

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Spicy Chicken Chili over Rice

I ran across this recipe for a quick chicken chili at Food and Wine.  I’m not always the biggest fan of chili.  I think it has something to do with liking the taste of beans, but not the actual beans themselves.  I know that seems nuts, but really, that’s how I feel about them.  Mash the beans up and flavor them well and I love them.  When we go out for Cuban food and get thick bowls of black and red beans along-side, I push my spoon in until the” bean-juice” pools into it and I use this magical stuff on top of my rice, leaving each and every bean in the bowl for someone else to enjoy.  Yep, that’s me and beans in a nutshell. Read the full article →

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Filed Under: Diet-Friendly, Do-Ahead, Mains, Recipe, Savory, What's For Dinner

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