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A duet with flair
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterKushi oysters from British Columbia arrive teetering on a pedestal of salt crystals with a lithe apple mignonette (a vinegar-based dipping sauce) on the side. A trio of seared scallops caramelized to look like toasted marshmallows huddles to one side of a...Tags: Breads, Soups, Mushrooms, Family, Chicken Breast
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Cranberry Delicious
Total time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1
Note: From Damian Windsor at Bin 8945 Wine Bar & Bistro
1/2 lime, cut into wedges for muddle
2 cubes sugar
6 mint leaves
3 dashes Angostura bitters
6 ounces cranberry juice
1. In a shaker, muddle the lime with the...Tags: Limes, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure
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The first suppers: A tradition of inaugural meals
Barack Obama will be sworn into office on Tuesday -- just weeks before the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Obama's inaugural theme, "A New Birth of Freedom," has, fittingly, been drawn from his fellow Illinoisan's Gettysburg Address, and he's...Tags: Politics, Breads, Richard Nixon, Death, Jimmy Carter
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Sangria like you've never sipped
Times Staff WriterUNDER the olive tree on the patio at Dominick's, the Italian spot on Beverly Boulevard. Poolside at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel. Behind the bottles and jars of elixirs and house-made bitters at the bar at Fraîche in Culver City. Sangria, it seems, isn'...Tags: Limes, Vanilla Bean, Death, Hotels and Accommodations, Peaches
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Recipe: White peach-Riesling sangria
Total time: About 20 minutes, plus fermenting time Servings: 6 Note: Adapted from wine director/sommelier Holly Smith at Eno, Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel. The sangria will keep refrigerated for 1 week. To make a simple syrup, mix equal parts sugar and...Tags: Oranges, Dining and Drinking, Vanilla, Vanilla Bean, Bars and Clubs
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50 ways to make your holiday gifts homemade
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterConsidering everybody on your holiday gift list -- friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, your kids' teachers -- you might be needing a stimulus package before you even get to the big-ticket items this year. So why not take a page from your grandmother's...Tags: Breads, Vanilla Bean, Soups, Pecans, Cinnamon
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Our brilliant blues
Special to The TimesDAVID GREMMELS and Cary Bryant could be considered the accidental cheese makers. Three years ago they were scouting for blue cheese to stock a wine bar they planned to open in Oregon when they happened on Rogue Creamery in Central Point, which had been...Tags: Landforms, Peppers, Pecans, Apples, Onions
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Cranberries, the final flourish
Special to The TimesCRANBERRY red is the Tiffany touch on the Thanksgiving plate. The jewel-like quality of the color adds just the right accent to the dressiest meal of the year. Just about everything else on the plate starts out one hue and morphs. Cranberries keep...Tags: Turkey, The Pilgrims, Potatoes
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Gentle Feast
For so many years, Ive been the awkward vegan at the festive holiday table, trying to fit in but branded with a big V on my forehead as I pile brussels sprouts and green beans onto my plate. Poor girl, I can just hear them saying, while they draw...Tags: Chestnuts, Nutmeg, Death, Pumpkin, Mushrooms
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Thanksgivings star: a gorgeous, crisp-skinned turkey
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMORE redolent, more heady, more burnished, a Thanksgiving table laden with lustrous golden turkey, velvety dark-green kale, burnt-sienna sweet potatoes is probably the richest feast of the year. In the gilded candlelight, it's hard to resist comparing...Tags: Breads, Thanksgiving, Salt, Holidays, Pumpkin
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Recipe: Mom Parsons' Cranberries
Total Preparation Time: 15 minutes plus 1 to 3 days chilling time
The basic recipe on the back of the cranberry bag is easy, but with just a little extra effort, you can create a really special sauce that exudes both tartness and sweetness.
This...Tags: Thanksgiving, Recipes, Holidays, Cinnamon
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Each dish, as amazing as it can possibly be
Times Staff WriterIt's the old parlor game: "If you could eat dinner with anyone you wanted, whom would it be?" That may be fun for some, but for those who love to cook, wouldn't a more kitchen-centric twist be even better? Wouldn't you rather fantasize about whom you...Tags: Death, Cabbage, Gifts, Pecans, Mushrooms
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