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Our Food Guilty Pleasures

As eating aficionados, we have built up a reputation of sorts for being purists, people who cringe at ketchup on steak and fake cheese spread. Don’t get us wrong – we definitely draw the line at ketchup on...

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My 24 Hours Eating and Drinking in Paris

I was woken by a blast of sunshine in my eye that poked through the narrow slot between the curtains and the edge of the window. It was cruel. My stomach was making disturbing rumbling noises, but I managed to get up...

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Making Delicious Gluten Free Bread

Bread. Is there anything more perfect than a warm, crusty sourdough loaf with a perfect, pillowy interior? Probably not. In my new reality of living a gluten free lifestyle, the beauty of quality bread making is only...

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How to Grill a Steak

After writing about how to cook a steak last month, I received a lot of questions about the technique. The main question that came up was what to do if you want to grill a steak, rather than cook one in a pan on the...

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How to Cook a Steak

In New York City, I worked in the restaurant management biz at Strip House in Greenwich Village, one of the best steakhouses in Manhattan. They do steaks right. Super hot broiler with only salt, pepper and butter on...

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Living the Gluten Free Lifestyle

My heart sank as my doctor suggested that the digestive issues I had been experiencing for a better part of a year and completely ignored appeared to be caused by a gluten intolerance.  For someone as passionate about...