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Special Sauce

If these two words fill you with visions of Big Macs, you're excused. Here's a better vision: Michelin 3-star chef Daniel Boulud's Sauce Diable. Made from ketchup, mustard, A1, Worcestershire and Tabasco. Really. Tasting is believing.
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Garlic. Beans. Corn. Bake a cake.

Roasted Garlic-Bean Spread on Polenta Cake. Looks beautiful. Smells fantastic. Great texture and flavor. $3 for a delicious, satisfying meal for two. Packed with complete protein, calcium, fiber, Vitamins B and C and iron. Zero cholesterol.
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Olive Oil & Maple Syrup Granola

Sounds a little weird but it's delicious. Read on. I'll get to the cardamom and coconut part. Granola's been my breakfast of choice for 40 years. Ten months ago, I realized I could make my own. I've been tinkering with the recipe. Now it's the best granola I've ever tasted.
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Spring Watch, Amaryllis edition

Not much to look at yet, but it's encouraging. Five or six weeks to the first flowers. Weeks of flowers. Bright red and white. Living color on the windowsill of the window that looks out on three months of dormant black & white sensory deprivation.
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First Morning Polenta Pizza

New Year's Number One reason to have leftover polenta in the fridge: breakfast. Whether you're feeling leftover or good as new, this is a wonderful winter meal. Rich and comforting. Not heavy. Great way to start the New Year.
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Hot Lemon?

That's the question at breakfast every morning ... if you're in Nepal. It's the hot morning beverage you drink with everything. It's really hot lemon and honey. Maybe ginger. No tea. Easily habit-forming. A very good habit at this time of year.
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Psychedelic Polenta

If you and polenta are new to each other, let me tell you that it's one of the great comfort foods. It's remarkably nutritious, cheap and versatile. When you make this very hands-on version, you do it for both the great flavor and the cool experience.
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Seven Fishes Finale: Olive Oil-Poaching

A great way to cook fish indoors. Totally flavorful and moist; not at all oily. Great finale for The Feast of Seven Fishes. See my minute-by-minute, play-by-play cooking schedule for the whole shindig. You can do it all with two hands in four hours or less.
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Seven Fishes: Salmon-Dill Vegetable Soup

Feeling good but not overfed? Good. Two savory courses left. This one's light. A palate refresher before the finale. A thoroughly aromatic dish. You can pretty much inhale this soup. The very fresh, lightly cooked salmon adds a few luxurious bites.
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Seven Fishes: Tuscan Fish & Chips

The simplest and, maybe, the most fun course in your seven-course extravaganza. Just delicious. A great follow-up to the refreshing salmon salad. A great set-up for the very light Salmon-Dill soup. Ten minutes of prep, mostly in advance.
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