A Hungry Bear

focaccia flatbread

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

I’m on a quest to make some focaccia reubens I saw in a magazine recently. Of course it would be easier if I bought some from the Whole Foods bakery, but that would be to easy - and it takes a way a chance to try one more recipe from Rose Levy Berenbaum’s The [...]

cracked wheat bread

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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There’s no better way for me to show A that I really love him than by baking him homemade bread (okay, maybe Steelers tickets, or that fighter pilot for a day thing). I’ve been trying several recipes for classic white sandwich bread and variations of whole wheat, but by far, the most perfect loaf of [...]

pita bread

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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I was finally motivated to try cooking Greek food for my mom (Yia-Yia) not by the lamb & eggplant shepherd’s pie, but really by this post on Smitten Kitchen. She reviewed the recipe for homemade pita bread from my favorite bread book, Rose Levy Beranbaum’s The Bread Bible. I couldn’t believe how easy [...]

bacon cheddar quick bread

Sunday, November 2, 2008

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I’ve never had a desire to bake my own bread, but I guess that’s the next step in my adoption of the “slow food” trend. When I saw this recipe for a bacon and cheddar quick bread in the October 2008 issue of Bon Appetit, it was time to bite the bullet. It [...]

banana flambe french toast

Thursday, September 11, 2008

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Would it be completely ridiculous to admit I made such an indulgent breakfast on a weekday? Well, I did. No special occasion either. I just had 2 overripe bananas and a couple of half-stale loaves of brioche from the sale rack of the farmer’s market that I had to get rid of, [...]

wild mushroom crostini

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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The same great article in Bon Appetit (“Molto Americano” - new Italian restaurant recipes) that featured the SPQR lamb cacciatore also had a recipe for the side dish I made that night: wild mushroom crostini, from Baltimore’s Cinghiale restaurant. All that was involved was toasting some slices of bread, sauteing some wild mushrooms, and topping with [...]

turkey, blue cheese and caramelized onion sandwiches

Sunday, August 24, 2008

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I found this recipe in the september issue of bon appetit, and decided it would be a lovely way to shake up the weekday turkey sandwich routine. (Havarti with dill and roland extra strong is my “usual” - still lovely no matter how many hundreds I’ve had by now…) The original recipe calls [...]

pesto chicken salad with bacon, tomatoes and garlic croutons

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

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Yet another winner from my favorite new cookbook of the summer, “Raising the Salad Bar.” With all the fresh basil at the farmers market, I made up a double batch of pesto for a couple different meals (the other pasta dish to follow soon). If you have a food processor, some basil, garlic, [...]

mushrooms and leeks with pecorino fonduta

Friday, April 25, 2008

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It should be fairly obvious by now that I have an obsession with Food & Wine magazine, and especially any of their Italian recipes, so this recipe from their April 2008 issue is right up my alley. According to the article, fonduta is basically Italian fondue. You serve this easy-as-possible cheese sauce over [...]

eggs benedict

Monday, April 21, 2008

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While on vacation in Anguilla, I decided to try eggs benedict for the first time. I’m not a big fan of egg yolks, and other than eating around what some people consider the “best part” of a poached egg, I loved them. When I suggested to my boyfriend that I might try them [...]