2012 Archives

Trinidad Salt Cod Fritters with Pepper Sauce

Posted by Stephanie Meyer on Jan 11, 2012 at 8:46pm

Fun to make for a crowd – Super Bowl Sunday! – and utterly salty crispy addictive. Recipe for Trinidad Salt Cod Fritters at Andrew Zimmern’s Kitchen Adventures/Food & Wine Magazine.

Well Fed Guide to Life

Posted by Stephanie Meyer on Jan 10, 2012 at 8:09pm

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Well Fed Guide to Life podcast last night with hosts Dave Bergen and Evan Pedersen. We ate, drank, laughed (at least I did, a lot!), and chatted at Muffaletta in St. Paul. We talked about food, vampires, hangovers, and Mexican food so bad it’s good…

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Braised White Beans

Posted by Stephanie Meyer on Jan 10, 2012 at 1:11pm

These may look like ordinary white beans but they’re actually the cool-girl beans in town, swooned over on Twitter, gossiped about on Facebook, photographed and copied and seriously in demand. I’d love to take credit for the fabulous recipe but no, these are via Chef Adam Vickerman of Cafe Levain, who now has the lady…

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Winter of Boots

Posted by Stephanie Meyer on Jan 4, 2012 at 2:03pm

This has absolutely nothing to do with food but everything to do with my other love – shoes! All summer long I adored perusing the blog Summer of Dresses (oh, I love clothes too, particularly dresses…) where ladies would snap a quick pic of the dress they had on, then post their pics via email….

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French 75 (aka Mollytav Cocktail)

Posted by Stephanie Meyer on Jan 3, 2012 at 2:43pm

Happy New Year! Bubbles aren’t just for New Year’s Eve of course, in fact in my book they’re for every day (bit of an obsession), especially when topping a fabulous cocktail. When I had the idea to conjure a cocktail recipe to open 2012, I immediately tweeted my minxstress friend Molly McNeil, she of the…

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Dominican Heaven: Casa de Campo + Sancocho

Posted by Stephanie Meyer on Jan 2, 2012 at 11:07am

John, Nathan, and I spent the last week in the Dominican Republic with my husband’s family. We stayed in an extraordinary home in Casa de Campo on the south side of the island, relaxing, swimming, boating, and EATING. I opted not to haul a camera with me and instead only took pics with my phone….

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