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Insalata Caprese with Coppa

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Truly excellent tomatoes are a rare thing, indeed. Your average grocery store tomato is a sad ghost of  a proud garden tomato. I have had several tomato encounters that have stopped me in my place, elicited a moan of joy and understanding, and bonded me to the pursuit of great tomatoes. That’s not to …click to continue Insalata Caprese with Coppa

Roasted Figs, Salami, and Stilton

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Figs. May I please see a show of hands as to who, other than myself, has very little exposure to figs outside of Newtons.

Until I made this tasty little appi, I’m not at all confident that I could say that I have actually ever eaten a fig. And, that is kind of embarrassing. …click to continue Roasted Figs, Salami, and Stilton

Spring Green Salad

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Something about all the baking I’ve been doing lately made me have a green attack today. I had a deep and abiding need to eat as much greenery as possible. A few days ago I saw an amazing salad on the edible mosaic blog. It was of the layered sort except it was …click to continue Spring Green Salad