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09/07/2010 08:40 AM
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Four-Ingredient Potatoes au Gratin

For our engagement, Eugene's aunt and uncle gave us this excellent mandoline; a kitchen tool that I've been coveting for quite some time. So long in fact, that the minute I opened the box I knew EXACTLY what I was going to make first.Potatoes au Gratin is one of those classic, spectacular French dishes that sounds terribly complicated, but which in reality is ridiculously--almost embarrassingly--e

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09/06/2010 09:03 PM
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Kitchen Tip: How to Cook Corn on the Stove

It's the height of corn season, and Eugene and I have been eating ears of sweet, local bi-color corn pretty several times a week. Earlier this summer, when the first lovely ears started showing up at market tables, Eugene brought a few home from the farmstand near his office and asked me to make them for him. I shucked the corn and dropped them into a pot with just an inch or so of water, covered

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08/29/2010 12:32 PM
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Beet Goat Cheese Gnocchi in Rosemary & Sage Butter Sauce

This is the other recipe I made at my cooking demo last Saturday, and I figured it’s time that I share it with you guys, too! Pureed roasted beets and creamy tangy goat cheese come together for one of the easiest homemade pasta dishes you’ll ever tackle (promise!). Start with pureed roasted beets (make them yourself, buy them pre-roasted and peeled in those lovely little vacuum packs, or go ahead

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08/21/2010 11:08 PM
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Beet Chocolate Bundt Cake

I just got home from an exciting day of hosting two live cooking shows at the New York Botanical Garden where I showed two audiences how to prepare different recipes featuring delicious, in-season beets. It was the first time I ever cooked before an audience, and I think it went pretty well! I'm pretty exhausted after spending the day on my feet cooking, but I promised the audience that I would po

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08/20/2010 01:02 PM
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Come Watch Me Cook at New York Botanical Garden on Saturday

Alejandra at New York Botanical Garden (Not to scale.)If you're in the NY/NJ/Connecticut (heck...even Pennsylvania!) area, I'd love for you to come to the New York Botanical Garden tomorrow (Saturday). I'm going to be hosting two LIVE cooking shows on their state of the art Conservatory Kitchen Stage at 1pm and 3pm. This will be the first time I've ever cooked before an audience so it would be rea

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08/16/2010 10:29 AM
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Kitchen Tip: How to Roast Beets

It's prime beet season and the earthy (and incredibly affordable!) jewels are everywhere. While beets can be prepared in any manner of ways, my absolute favorite way is to roast them. Unlike boiling, which tends to wash them out, roasting preserves the gorgeous natural colors, keeps the tenderness intact, and deepens and enhances it's characteristic earthy sweetness. The bonus is that roasted beet

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08/15/2010 10:00 AM
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Peppadew, Peach, and Feta Side Salad

I've recently become smitten with Peppadew peppers. I had some a few days ago as part of a salad served in (of all places) my office cafeteria, and instantly fell in love. Sweet and (mildly) spicy with a perfect touch of acidity from the pickling, Peppadews are wonderful paired with cheeses like feta or goat, can be tucked into a sandwich or burger, or even used as a topping on pizza.Similar to ch

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08/13/2010 03:56 PM
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Reader Question: Do I have to refrigerate almond butter?

My friends and readers regularly send me emails with food and cooking questions, and I figured I might start sharing some of these here with you. This one is from my friend Matt (sometimes referred to as BFF Matt):Alejandra-You know I like to follow rules.  So I got back from a run around Lake Merritt this morning and needed a nice scoop of almond butter before heading over to Blue Bottle for

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08/09/2010 11:34 PM
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Salted Honey Butter Caramels

A couple weeks ago, a few of the girls I work with and I took out our (now-former) coworker Dana for a good-bye lunch at nearby Landmarc restaurant. One of my favorite spots in the city, the food at Landmarc is reliably delicious, but even more so are the generous handfuls of homemade butter caramels that come out complimentary along with the check. Soft, chewy, with just a slight tinge of burnt s

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08/04/2010 12:00 PM
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Anise Biscotti

As part of my wedding planning, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time lately thinking about cookies and candies that can be made in advance. Though I haven’t really figured out the specifics yet, I’ll likely end up making several different kinds of these make-ahead treat to use either as favors or on a dessert table, or perhaps even served on platters of mignardises to be set on each table post-d

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08/02/2010 10:48 AM
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I'm Going to Be on Mad Men!!!

My love of Mad Men (and all things retro) is a bit of a running theme here on Always Order Dessert, so I'm sure many of you are not the least bit surprised to hear that I'm currently vying for a role on this INCREDIBLE show.AMC and Banana Republic are co-sponsoring a contest called the "Mad Men Casting Call" where fans of the show are invited to enter a photo of themselves showing their best "Mad

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07/30/2010 12:49 PM
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Spicy Shrimp & Avocado Salad Sandwiches

Last week I read the book Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (she of The Time Traveler's Wife fame). I ended up not really liking the book as much as I expected. In fact, I didn't really like it at all. The story was fine initially, but I expected something spookier and felt like many parts of it were left unexplained and unexplored. Even with suspension of disbelief, much of it just reall

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07/26/2010 10:16 PM
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Bagged Lunch Ideas: Cucumber Chickpea Salad

This is a simple salad for lazy days. Just chickpeas, diced cucumbers (lots of them), and big bright showers of cilantro and lemon zest. (OK...a little bit of diced onion too.) The dressing is just a bit of oil whisked with a bit of lemon juice and a splash of vinegar.Make a big bowl because it develops the longer it sits and will taste better tomorrow than it does today. Left to soak in a bit, th

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07/20/2010 10:41 PM
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Chocolate Banana Fudge Brownies

I know. You're thinking, "Again with the bananas, Alejandra?!?"I'm obsessed, I tell you... I've been craving these babies nonstop lately so I keep buying them. But it's approximately a billion degrees in our apartment during the day (because, apparently, our building is located on Mercury) so fruit that I leave in the basket in the morning has a tendency to all but disintegrate between breakfast a

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07/15/2010 10:15 AM
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Watch This: Children of the Harvest

At the Dan Barber talk I attended a few weeks ago, Dan expressed his belief that it is the stories behind the food we eat—the stories of the seeds, the land, the farmers, the cooks, behind every dish—that make it all that more valuable to us.I thought about this last night when I received an email from my longtime friend Nick Capote (the same friend who taught me all about the science of deep fryi

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07/14/2010 07:00 AM
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Banana Ice Cream for Breakfast

I used to live in Washington, DC, where the summers are sticky, hot, and gross. My apartment was only a 10-minute walk from my office through a lovely part of town, but all summer long I found myself dreading the way that a few minutes in the stifling summer heat would transform me into a red-faced mess with frizzy hair and rivulets of perspiration chasing down my neck. At my wits end one morning,

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07/11/2010 11:42 PM
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Banana Chestnut Cake

Have you ever worked with chestnut flour before? This delicate and lightly sweet flour made from ground dried chestnuts has become a new favorite of mine.Common in Italy, where it is regularly used for everything from savory pastas and dumplings to breads and cake, the flour is actually a wonderful (and entirely gluten free) substitute for all purpose flour.Unlike other nut meals, which have a hig

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07/06/2010 10:51 PM
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On Picnics and Elderflowers

It was the elderflower that started it all. Last weekend, as we explored the Italian market in Philadelphia (a market which is much less a market than it is a street full of shops, and much less Italian than it is just Mexican) my friend Moe and I spotted a chalkboard across the street advertising elderflower soda. Lugging bags filled with imported flours, bulk spices, and black truffle polenta, w

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07/06/2010 11:23 AM
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Cucumber Cooler

The temperature has been barreling past 100 degrees the past few days here in New York and it's quickly become the only thing people are talking about."Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate," the news anchors keep reminding us and I'm happy to oblige.For the past few months, this cucumber-infused water has become a constant in my refrigerator. I prepare it at night and then sip it throughout the day. Deliciou

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07/05/2010 06:32 PM
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And the winners are!!!

Thank you ALL for entering the foodie swag bag giveaway. We had more than 200 entries and I loved hearing about the amazing things you've all discovered recently. (I now have a ridiculously long list of things I MUST try out asap.)I used the Random Number Generator on Random.org to pick a winner and I'm excited to announce that the winner is commenter #27 aka Jenny Hartin from the blog Mad Ranting

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07/02/2010 10:37 PM
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Strawberry, Brown Sugar & Passion Fruit Compote

I think that these past two years, more than ever before, I've been really doing the best I ever have in terms of eating seasonally. The occasional bag of something frozen notwithstanding, I've been good about resisting the cartons of jewel-like grocery store berries tempting us in the dead of winter. I do quite a bit of shopping online, via Fresh Direct, and my first click there is always the "Wh

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07/01/2010 07:40 PM
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Video: How to choose & open a young coconut

Those of you who follow me on Twitter know that I've been raving about young coconuts lately. There is a little organic market near my office that caters to raw foodists (which I am decidedly NOT), which always has a big display of young coconuts on sale. They'll open them for you if you'd like (nice for breakfast!) or you can just buy a few and bring them home.This has become my absolute favorite

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06/29/2010 11:49 AM
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Advertise on Always Order Dessert!

I have a confession to make: I kind of love blog ads.Not the big corporate ads for Philadelphia cream cheese or Betty Crocker (as much as I love Betty Crocker), but rather those beautiful quirky ads that introduce me to incredible new stores, creative Etsy vendors, and really cool new blogs. And while I do this here mostly for the love of the game, I realistically would love to bring in a bit more

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06/28/2010 11:00 AM
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Win a Bag of Fab Foodie Swag!

The bloggers and food writers who attended the outing I hosted at New York Botanical Garden last weekend each went home with an amazing gift bag full of incredible foodie swag. The products, each generously donated by a number of local NY, sustainable, organic, or artisan vendors, were all pretty fantastic. Here's what was inside:1 organic cotton apron from American Feast1 beautiful hand-dyed bati

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06/27/2010 11:27 PM
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The Edible Garden at New York Botanical Garden

Last Saturday, I hosted a group of 25 food bloggers and food writers at the New York Botanical Garden for an outing to celebrate the kick-off of NYBG's Edible Garden Exhibit.Though a New Yorker for most of my life (I was even *born* in the Bronx!) I'd never before made the really rather quick and easy trip up to the Botanical Garden. In fact, for the longest time, I didn't even know it existed!Exi

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06/21/2010 03:00 PM
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Kitchen Tip: Substituting Ingredients

Without fail, the most popular question I get from my readers (that’s you!), is "What can I substitute for x in this recipe?" Whether out of necessity (you *thought* you had three eggs left in the carton but really just have one), dietary reasons, or simply a taste preference (sigh...cilantro haters), we all find ourselves in situations when we have to replace one ingredient for another.As much as

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06/19/2010 08:00 AM
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Party Inspiration: Lazy Weekend Brunch

Brunch is one of my favorite ways to entertain, and the bonus is that besides being delicious, it's low-key and really inexpensive as you can get away with serving little more than eggs, bread, and fruit. Assure endless glasses of mimosa by squeezing a pitcher of fresh orange juice (or just buying a carton with "lots of pulp") and asking your friends to each pitch in with a bottle of their favorit

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06/17/2010 12:00 PM
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Whole Wheat Strawberry Buttermilk Cake

I've spent the past several weeks craving hearty, wholesome things. Bowls of creamy risotto made with farro instead of rice. Quinoa tossed with sautéed mushrooms, herbs, and handfuls of crumbled feta. Nearly too-ripe bananas whipped with honey, peanut butter, and thick creamline milk. It's summer and it's hot, but my appetite has been veering towards that of a farmgirl in autumn.Coupled with an in

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06/14/2010 02:00 PM
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We have a winner!!

Thanks to everyone who entered the cookbook giveaway sponsored by groovy product recommendation site Snubbr.com!The contest closed on midnight Friday night (or Saturday morning??), and I used that oh-so-handy Random Number Generator to select the winner from all the entries.Huge congratulations to Marthe from the food blog Culinary Delights. She won her choice of a cookbook. Marthe, please send al

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06/11/2010 09:21 AM
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Winners, Links, and Wrap-Ups

I'd like to give a big thank you to all of you who came out on Wednesday night for the bake-off event. We tasted some incredible treats (I've linked some of the recipes below for you as these things were A-mazing! Katy and Jen: I couldn't find links to yours, please share if you can!). The winners of the night were Jen from Local Appetite NY with her delicious (and beautiful!) seasonal strawberry

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06/08/2010 01:16 PM
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Best Desserts is Tomorrow!!

Hello lovely readers!Just a reminder today about the Best Desserts charity food blogger bake-off that I'm co-hosting with The LAMP tomorrow night. The event is from 7PM to 9PM at Double Windsor bar in Brooklyn.Tickets are just $20 (in advance; $25 at the door if you procrastinate) and get you entrance to the event, entry into all the raffles, exclusive drink specials, and--wait for it!--a tasting

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06/04/2010 10:00 AM
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Giveaway: Win a Cookbook of Your Choice!

It’s Friday! How about a fun little giveaway to celebrate the weekend?The nice folks at Snubbr, a website that provides all kinds of product recommendations from experts, have offered to provide one of my readers with a cookbook of his or her choice. If you win, you’ll be able to select a book from one of the baking cookbooks recommended on this Snubbr page, or pick any cookbook of your choice fro

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06/03/2010 10:36 AM
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Bagged Lunch Ideas: Lemon Chicken Salad Sandwiches

My cravings for cool salads continue as the temperatures hold steady at "decidedly hot." This chicken salad is a favorite of mine that I've been making since I was in college. I got the idea from the lunch place I used to frequent during my first internship. A tart and creamy salad with sliced nuts, dried fruit, and fresh diced apples, it was delicious on the buttery croissants they used to serve

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06/01/2010 10:00 AM
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(Some!) of our Engagement Photos

Eugene and I had our engagement photo shoot on Saturday. My amazing (and amazingly talented) friend Monica Navarro was the photographer, and we're blown away by the incredible job that she did. The photos aren't quite ready for showtime yet as they still need to be edited, but I have absolutely zero patience and couldn't wait any longer to share a few of them with you.You know I'm wild about all t

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05/26/2010 12:30 PM
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Bagged Lunch Ideas: Egg Salad w/ Caramelized Shallots & Chives

Like a wacky sitcom neighbor who pops in unannounced, summer has been arriving in New York in tiny sporadic bursts these past few weeks. It's too soon, people cry, as they pull off the jackets and cardigans they cautiously grabbed before leaving the house that same morning. The train ride home each night is either a mass of huddled girls shivering in prematurely ambitious shorts or steaming commut

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05/26/2010 12:30 AM
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Kitchen Tip: Cheater Caesar Dressing

Before I go any further with this tip, I want to make it clear that this is NOT a recipe for a classic Caesar dressing. Real Caesar dressing is an emulsion of oil, garlic, eggs, anchovies, and other ingredients that calls for a few more steps than this. This is NOT that.What this is, is a ridiculously quick little dressing that you can whisk together in about 2 minutes without dirtying too many pl

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05/25/2010 12:01 AM
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Join Me for Dessert!

A few weeks ago I hinted that I was busily working on some events for the summer. I'm excited because I can *finally* announce one of them. (And, I really really really hope that you'll be able to join us!)On Wednesday, June 9th, I, along with the folks at The LAMP, am co-hosting a charity bake-off to benefit their amazing media literacy programs for kids, teens, and parents in underserved communi

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05/24/2010 07:30 AM
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Party Inspiration: A Memorial Day Picnic!

Whenever I plan parties, I start off by collecting pictures, recipes, and objects that inspire me. For my recent clothing swap party, I wanted a really girly and fun style, and was inspired by vintage aprons, pink-striped paper straws, and bouquets of bright springtime flowers. My retro cocktail party grew out of my personal love for midcentury cookbooks, Mad Men, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and vinta

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05/21/2010 01:00 PM
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Coconut Macaroon Cupcakes w/ Bittersweet Ganache Icing

Last Sunday I woke up with the urge to bake so I popped right into the kitchen and got to work. You know I love to bake with almond meal, so I decided on a chewy macaroon-like cupcake that used almond meal and ground desiccated coconut as its base. I used coconut oil instead of butter (you can also use olive oil if you don't have the former) and a bit of coconut milk for added moisture. A generous

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05/20/2010 11:14 PM
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Forget Japan. I'm big in Holland. And Italy.

Some of you already know that when not puttering about in the kitchen or on this blog, I work as a magazine editor for the international editions of Cosmopolitan magazine. Working with international mags is a pretty cool mixed bag of a job, and occasionally, I get some tasks that are really fun.Most recently, one of my editors in Holland wrote me and asked if I could help her gather a list of some

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05/18/2010 11:59 PM
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On Popcorn

At movie theaters, I'm always a candy girl. Junior Mints, to be exact.At home, though, I'm all about the popcorn. I blame my mother who used to regularly walk out of the kitchen with a bowl of it for the family to share while watching a rented movie. There were many earnest discussions about just how long to set the microwave for each individual brand, in the hopes of popping every last kernel. I

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05/14/2010 01:30 PM
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The Healthy Way to Deep Fry

I know some people shy away from frying food, but the truth is that when done correctly, frying is actually not as unhealthy a cooking method as you might think!Back when I was in high school, my friends and I took a public speaking class where we each had to give presentations. I (big surprise) did a cooking demo, and showed the class how to make a homemade egg cream. My friend Nick, who at the t

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05/12/2010 02:04 PM
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5 Under 5: Entertaining Solutions

In the survey, one of the things many of you indicated as a challenge keeping you from entertaining more, is the expense involved. You also noted that you often feel like you don't have enough entertaining supplies or serving items to throw a successful bash.I totally understand these two issues, because they're ones that I have to deal with each time I host a party. I own quite a few serving pie

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05/10/2010 12:12 PM
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Like the Census...but Delicious!

Hey all!I've been jazzing up the content here on Always Order Dessert to give you more of the recipes and articles that you find most interesting. To better achieve this, I realized I need to hear from you, my awesome readers, about the subjects that would be helpful to you!I'd love it if you could take a couple minutes right now to fill out this really brief survey. It only takes about 2 minutes

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05/08/2010 07:00 AM
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Happy Mother's Day Weekend!

I'm running a bit late today with my weekend links, but I'm hoping that you'll take a peek at these over the coming days. Perhaps over a lazy cup of tea tomorrow morning?Sunday is Mother's Day so our weekend will be mom-centric. First dinner at Brasserie 8 1/2 with Eugene's mom and family, and on Sunday we're going to church and brunch with my family.I'm also working on a piece to submit for the 4

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05/06/2010 10:00 PM
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Jalapeño Ice Cream

A few weeks ago, my friend Rose e-mailed me with an unusual request. She wanted to know if I could help her track down jalapeño ice cream here in the city. "Or," she added, "perhaps you know how to make it?""I have no idea where to buy it," I told her, "but I can definitely figure out how to make it." Even as I typed, I was envisioning little green jalapeños steeping and bobbing in a saucer of cre

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05/05/2010 08:00 AM
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Pistachio Rosewater Cake

It's no secret that I have a thing for baking with nuts. I owe it all to a now seemingly long-ago attempt at the low-carb dieting, which I was actually following when I first started this blog as evidenced by some of my earlier recipes. I've always loved to bake, but flour-based treats were prohibited if I wanted to stay on track, so I threw myself into researching alternative flours. This introdu

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05/04/2010 12:05 AM
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Todd English Puts on a Smiley Face

I'm not going to lie to you. Most Tuesday nights around Always Order Dessert headquarters are usually spent lazying about on the couch waiting for Lost (Eugene) and Glee (me) to start. Last week, however, got our lazy selves into sparkly cocktail attire (Eugene), and grabbed a cab down to The Red Bull Space in SoHo to attend the Smiley Faces NY kick-off gala.Smiley Faces is a relatively new non-pr

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04/30/2010 11:00 AM
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Have a Fabulous Weekend!

Is it just me, or do these zucchini blossoms look a little bit like chickens? I am SO excited that it's the weekend again, and even more so that it's going to be a beautiful one in NY! This week was pretty busy for me so it will be nice to have a few days to relax and catch up on the emails and projects I've been reluctantly forced to set aside. (If you've emailed me and not heard back yet, it's c

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04/28/2010 11:47 PM
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Ginger Scallion Crab Cakes

I'm a little bit obsessed with a restaurant here in the city called Fatty Crab. A funky take on Malaysian street food, the menu is an absolute assault of spice and flavor (in the best possible way). I went there for the first time last August for my friend Lindsay's birthday, during which she, a few friends, and I spent two hours splitting spicy family style dishes and moaning over every new flavo

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