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  • On Brand – 13 July 25

    🍽️: Mon – Goi Tom (Vietnamese shrimp salad.) (I will actually write about this vacation eventually, I swear.) Tues – easy pork tenderloin with a stupid good Frankensauce (courtesy of sauce king Hampton) and Warm Green Bean Salad with Crispy Potatoes, kalamatas, and feta Wed – Arayes (Middle Eastern Meat Stuffed Pitas) with cucumber salad…

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  • 🍽️: Mon – Hampton was away a few days so I got to putz around on my own. Used up a bag of frozen scallops and some frozen mango for a take on skewers from this list, plus a salad made of charred corn and sugar snap peas, avocado, pickled peppers, and leftover rice. Tues…

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  • 🍴: Mon – last Monday, we tested out some new steaks from TJ’s that were decidedly underwhelming. Their new bone-in ribeye worked out much better this Monday. We have had fun cooking massive ones from Smoke City Meats, but these smaller ones are definitely more convenient. Pan-roasted spuds and salad to go with. Tues –…

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  • Time flies when you’re having Sunday night fun. And then on Monday, when Hampton’s car dies in the middle of the street on the way to his 6 a.m. shift. On a holiday. In the rain. 🍴: Mon – We tested out TJ’s new line of steaks. And realized how spoiled we are by Smoke…

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  • 🍴: Mon – Spanish garlic chicken with roasted carrots, arugula salad Tues – Jaegerwust from Smoke City Meats with baked spaetzle and cheese, kraut, pickled beets, and arugula Wed – NY strip with warm Brussels panzanella inspired by this. We had some leftover garlic bread (how) tore it into pieces and crisped it up in…

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  • 🍴: LAST WEEK OF FAST PRE-THEATRE MEALS HUZZAH Mon – lobster tails with fanciedup boxed mac and cheese, arugula salad Tues – steak and eggs, side salad Wed – southwestern salad with grilled chicken Thurs – cooking for one because I had a late meeting and Hampton had final dress meant a take on Marry…

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  • 🍴: Mon – ramen noodle salad with Chinese sausage as inspired by this month’s Food & Wine. Tues – cider vinegar-braised chicken thighs, also from this month’s F&W. Wed – Domino’s. Because we won’t talk too much about what happened last night when Hampton tried to braise chicken thighs before rehearsal when he was already…

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  • On Brand – 27 Apr 25

    🍴: Mon – TJ’s lemon ricotta ravioli with the end of a pack of speck and a leftover Comte cheese cream sauce with some horseradish, salad. Tues – pink peppercorn steak frites, salad Wed – vaguely SWANA-esque chicken thighs with lentils, asparagus Thur – Thai-ish mussels Fri – a borlotti lamon smash with roasted romanesco…

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  • On Brand – 20 Apr 25

    🍴: Mon – grilled chicken thighs and crispy herb butter oyster mushrooms with arugula and labneh. Tues – one of our fave takeaways from Vietnam was banana flower, sliced up into salads. We both hate bananas, but were stoked to find the flower at Super G last weekend. We added it and green mango to…

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  • On Brand – 13 Apr 25

    🍴: Mon — bacon/smoked gouda burgers with fries and salad Tues — Hot dang this take on http://fennel-twist.com/2011/06/26/mango-mango-mango-grilled-chile-lime-arctic-char-with-mango-slaw/ Hampton is rather spice averse but decided he wanted habanero in the slaw. Soaked it for a bit in vodka to pull out heat, added corn + peanuts for extra texture, subbed ancho for chipotle on the…

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