Posted in appetizers, baked goods, recipes on Dec 21st, 2009
I had the urge to bake cookies for the holiday party at work, but was afraid other staff members would feel the same way and then there would be a glut of cookies. Not that I think that’s a bad thing, mind you, but in the interest of providing a more balanced set of foods [...]
Posted in appetizers, recipes on Feb 26th, 2009
A colleague of mine makes this awesome edamame dip– he had brought it to one of our staff get-togethers and it got rave reviews. It’s one of Lipby’s favorites, too.
I’ve modified the recipe ever so slightly.
Ingredients:
16 oz. package of shelled, frozen edamame
1/4 cup rice vinegar (or use any good vinegar you have on hand, except [...]
Posted in appetizers, recipes on Jan 19th, 2009
This was a hit of the get-together I threw yesterday. No photo, unfortunately– it was gobbled up before I remembered to take a picture.
Adapted from Everyday Italian by Giada de Laurentiis.
Ingredients
1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt (or more to taste)
1/4 teaspoon pepper (or more to taste)
1 15 oz. can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup [...]
Posted in Asian, appetizers, recipes, regional on Sep 21st, 2008
serves ???
Another of the Empress’ perennial crowd-pleasers; she says she got it out of “some magazine or another”, and forgets which one. She and I have been known to go through the quantity produced by this recipe together in one sitting. As part of a spread with other appetizers, however, it can go quite a [...]
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