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End-of-Summer Tomato Salad
A few months ago, my friend Jill moved to Ventura, California and started a Garden Exchange. This is pretty much the brilliantest idea ever: not only can everyone in her neighborhood use the monthly...
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Lentil Green Bean Salad with Vinaigrette
I have been craving this kind of salad recently. Maybe it’s the transitioning of the seasons, as hearty winter meals are supplanted by fresh spring salads. Maybe it’s the tang of vinegar and the...
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Warm Goat Cheese Salad
What could possibly be better than a salad with goat cheese? A salad with warm goat cheese melted on bread. (Of course.) After years of being inspired mainly by Asia in the kitchen, last summer I was...
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Shaved Fennel Salad with Strawberries & Purple Kale
Dear readers, I have two quick news items for you: First, this is my 50th blog post! (Yay!) Second, Spontaneous Tomato now has a Pinterest page; please follow away! And now, without further ado…...
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Grilled Apricots with Arugula and Burrata
Is there such a thing as too many salad recipes? The answer is no. I’ve lapsed into the groove of repetitive salad concoctions just as much as the next person. Yet salads can be so versatile and so...
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Fig and Walnut Balsamic Vinaigrette
There’s something you should know: I get obsessed quite easily. (I’m aware that “obsessed” is a bit hyperbolic; that’s never stopped me.) I’ve been obsessed with grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches,...
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Japanese Tofu (two ways) and Kurogoma Dressing
The little Japanese market in Santa Barbara is dangerously close to the Trader Joe’s. (And Trader Joe’s is already dangerous enough as it is, whether I go on an empty stomach or not…) If I am lucky...
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Asparagus Salad with Preserved Lemon Dressing and Passover Potatoes
My dissertation stress has been catching up with me recently, more than ever before. So much that I actually considered not posting a recipe this week. I have all sorts of big and little deadlines,...
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Balsamic Honey Vinaigrette
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, then you’ve heard me whining — since all the way back in July — about my tendinitis/RSI injury from too much computering. It felt like a long summer of...
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