Pasta

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gluten-free fresh pasta

No food has ever given me such fits, or taught me as much, as fresh gluten-free pasta. When Danny and I developed the recipe for fresh gluten-free pasta for our cookbook, we made it over and over again, almost obsessively. There are so many good gluten-free packaged pastas on the market that we both wanted to [...]

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linguine with shrimp and slow-roasted tomatoes

This has been a heady few weeks. Our trip to Washington D.C. followed my trip to Google, which was followed by my time with Penny de los Santos. We’ve been home for a week, working hard, and we leave today for Austin, Texas. (It’s 100 degrees in Austin. Here it has not risen above 65 [...]

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Pam Anderson’s shells and cheese, gluten-free

Lu is talking up a storm these days. Yesterday, when she was hungry, she pointed to a photograph of yogurt in a book and said, “May I please have some of that?” We stood there astonished for a moment, and then we ran for the refrigerator to scoop some honey yogurt in a bowl. (The [...]

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gluten-free macaroni and cheese

I’m pretty sure it was 1974. The year we watched the Watergate trials on television all summer long, in the cool dark den on the shag carpeting. The year that the Vietnam war had been declared over but still appeared on the television between Watergate and the Brady Bunch. The year of third grade, when [...]

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moving food.

I am surrounded by boxes, strewn across the living room floor like pennies flung out a window late at night. Forgive the strange similes that only I can understand. I’m a little bit tired. We’re moving in two days. Luckily, we’re not going far. No overseas adventures, or cross-country endeavors. We’re not being forced. We [...]

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noodles

I have that old song Dr. Demento used to play stuck in my head: “Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum.” Except, in my head, it sounds like: “Noodles, noodles, soft and slippery noodles. Noodles, noodles, slurp them up, yum.” My brain, you see, is nearly [...]

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the smell of fresh ginger

The other day, the Chef and I pushed our grocery cart through Uwajimaya. We’re always a little dazzled by the place, the red bean curd desserts, the tiny Japanese ladies pushing past us on a mission for the right fish, the shelves of Kewpi mayonnaise and Pocari Sweat. When we drive there, we quote our [...]

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a fresh start

There’s something heartbreaking about September light in Seattle. The trees are filled with light, liquid and soft as baby’s hair. I love the fall. By the calendar, January is the beginning of the year. All that grey and cold hardly feels like a fresh start, however. If we throw away the calendars and look at [...]

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surrendering leads to creme fraiche

Do you remember the last flying dream you had? The green cliffs far below you, the ocean only a faint roar, and the air blowing through your hair. Everything is slow, and just the right speed. There is no fear. That’s how I feel these days, being pregnant. Except, instead of flying, I feel as [...]

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our morning routine disrupted

Damn you, Jamie Oliver. You always make me hungry. Long, languid morning moments in bed with the Chef are almost always my favorite of the day. In a way, that time is sacred space. I don’t mean that we light candles and chant incantations. I mean, in the utter mundanity of cups of hot coffee, [...]

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the honeymoon approaches.

We are counting down the days. The Chef and I love our lives. By halfway through the day, his fingers are itching to get into the kitchen. Driving into the restaurant, he twitches a bit. As happy as he is with me, that kitchen has been his home for his entire adult life. He sighs [...]

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gluten-free comfort food

I love the way I eat after I started eating gluten-free: fresh, in season, and always something new. If I had not been diagnosed with celiac, I never would have discovered fresh ramps, sunchokes, and pea vines. I would never be so happy. We’re on our way to the farmers’ market soon, the first official [...]

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