Recipe | Brunch Strata

Brunch Strata

It’s Saturday night and you know you’re not going to want to leave the house on Sunday morning. You love breakfast and going out to brunch sounds tempting, but we all need a day to just chill out in the morning. Making a trip to the grocery store? Might as well go out for brunch.…

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Recipe | Megan Garrelts’ Lemon Meringue Pie

Megan Garrelts' lemon meringue pie

You may cheat with a cookie exchange or a bit of peppermint bark, but if you want to bring the whole family to the table during the holidays, it’s time you learned to bake a pie. In order to get a pie right, you’ve got to have a pie mentor, someone who can navigate the…

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Recipe | Lidia Bastianich’s Carrot and Chickpea Dip

Lidia Bastianich's Carrot and Chickpea Dip

Parties are like ballroom dancing. If you can swing a good dip, it’s a showstopper. I decided to take chef Lidia Bastianich’s Carrot and Chickpea Dip for a spin. It’s featured on page 37 of “Celebrate Like An Italian,” her twelfth cookbook, which was released last month. It’s one of 220 recipes in the book…

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Recipe | Chef John C. Smith’s Pickled Gulf Shrimp

Chef John C. Smith's pickled gulf shrimp

At EJ’s Urban Eatery (1414 W 9th St.), you walk through the split dining room to get to the ordering counter, which doubles as the host station. And it’s there that a chalkboard menu awaits with an invitation to make up your plate. The month-old EJ’s is a modern take on a ‘Meat and Three,’…

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Recipe | Lasagna-Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

Lasagna-stuffed spaghetti squash

Many of us find comfort in food, but finding comfort food without the guilt can be a bit more challenging. In Hungry Girl Clean & Hungry Obsessed!, Lisa Lillien believes she found a new way to enjoy comfort food, offering up her take on nachos, cheesesteaks, and brownies. “I live by the 80/20 rule, wherein…

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