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oeufs plats jambon et fromage

February 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · breakfast, cheese, comfort, eggs, french

Sunday morning rises crisp, cold, and clear. It is 14 degrees below zero at my house, and I am not an early riser: It’s 9:15 before the sun starts to clear the Chugach mountains and lights up Anchorage below. The mercury starts to tick upwards, but not quickly enough. I should not [...]

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spring omelette

May 9th, 2007 · 7 Comments · alaska, breakfast, comfort

Ever since I was finally turned loose upon the world as a college student, omelettes have been a favorite. Cheap and quick, completely up to the whim of the cook. I’ve flirted with lots of ingredients, and have found that less is more, and simple is better. Funny how that works out so [...]

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easter huevos

April 16th, 2006 · No Comments · breakfast, holiday, mexican

Sunday morning breakfast - it occurred to me as I groped for coffee and juice that it was Easter, and I should at least cook something special. The dogs were restless and I got a chill from being towed by them around the neighborhood. Spring is coming hard but winter is stubborn this year. Yesterday [...]

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frittata

April 1st, 2006 · No Comments · breakfast

Back to the simple motif, and breakfast. I do most of my cooking in the evenings, as I suppose most of us kitchen-types do, but the weekend mornings hold such promise that I want good food then, too. This even though I am a bit of a lazy sybarite by nature and late evenings [...]

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simple

March 26th, 2006 · No Comments · breakfast

Ever notice that we eat the simplest stuff in the morning? A perfect breakfast takes five minutes to cook, and that’s moving groggily because you aren’t awake. If you have fresh fruit it takes even less time. Peel, slice and eat. When I was a kid at summer camp the counselor used to [...]

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