Grabbing the Gusto

Deirdre Reid – Freelance Writer & Home Cook

A cow in a field -- Menu ideas and recipes for beef, sourdough, flounder, bigeye tuna, carrots, Brussels sprouts, and tuna salad

Menu ideas and recipes for beef, sourdough, flounder, bigeye tuna, carrots, Brussels sprouts, and tuna salad A classic from Anthony Bourdain As winter heads out, we enjoyed a stellar boeuf bourguignon on Sunday night. I adapted Anthony Bourdain’s recipe from his Les Halles Cookbook—sigh, I miss my old pretend boyfriend—by adding mushrooms and herbes de …

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Basil pesto, parsley, garlic and two kinds of cheese make this easy Basil Pesto and Garlic Breadstick Knots recipe absolutely irresistible. ~~~ I’m going “semi-homemade” on y’all today. Even though I recently rediscovered my long lost love of bread baking, let’s be serious, you have to plan and make time for that type of thing. …

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