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Summer Vegetable Gratin, A Month Too Late

Good news: This recipe is a simple way to celebrate summer vegetables. Bad news: Summer is over and tomatoes (at least the ones that don’t taste like a big, mealy pile of nothingnesss) are gone. If I had posted this on August 8, before Emily and I fell off the face of Planet Blog’n’stuff, you [...]

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Antipasti? More like Pro-pasti!

Is anything more summertastic than antipasti? Sitting on the patio, drinking a little (or a lot of) wine. Hall and Oates keepin’ things smooth and, interestingly, the mosquitoes at bay. At the Akin house, we have a pretty standard lineup: Grilled bread (usually Ciabatta) Paper-thin Prosciutto (this week, Speck from La Quercia) Genoa Salami or [...]

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The “I Like Vacation” Salad

Pardon my boldness, but there’s something I need to say: Vacation is just grand. It’s true; I’m just a big, big fan. (And again, I’m sorry for the audacity, but this is something I feel very strongly about.) It’s difficult to pick my favorite thing about vacation (the not working, the extra sleep, the gluttony, [...]

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Put It In My Mouth: Bibimbap

Here at feed me kc we do not hide our obsessive tendencies (Exhibit A: Emily’s well-documented food obsession). And I become especially fanatical when I experience something totally new (to me), such as this piping hot bowl of dolsot bibimbap. I’m the least Korean member of the staff here (Kyle lived in South Korea for [...]

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