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Frozen Chocolate Truffle Pie

June 12, 2008 (Updated March 14, 2018) by Drew Kime

Dessert, Favorites chocolate, Thanksgiving

If you don't like chocolate, stop reading right now. If you like "a little chocolate now and then," go away. This recipe is for serious chocolate fiends only. Imagine the darkest, richest truffle you've ever had. Now imagine taking more than a pound of the centers and pouring it into a pie shell. 'Cause that's about what this recipe is. This fall when it's cooler, I'll do my chocolate truffles and you'll see how close the recipes are. Until then, trust me that this will be the most … [Read more...]

How To Make Pre-baked Pie Crust

June 12, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dessert, Technique Thanksgiving

When it comes to summer, everyone thinks about apple or rhubarb pie. But chilled pies are good, too. So it's handy to be able to do a pre-baked crust. … [Read more...]

Macaroni Dinner Salad

June 10, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dinner, Pasta, Salad

Light enough for a hot summer night, but more filling than plain salad. This is a cross between a garden salad and macaroni salad, pretty much the best of both worlds. If you're the kind of person who could make a meal of just macaroni salad -- and I know I can't be the only one -- this will make it more acceptable to your spouse. … [Read more...]

How To Chop Romain Lettuce

June 10, 2008 (Updated March 31, 2014) by Drew Kime

Technique Undieting

I've spent more time than I care to remember laboriously peeling off leaves of Romaine one by one. Then splitting them down the spine so there weren't any big, nasty pieces in the salad. This week I suddenly realized I'd been wasting a lot of time doing it by hand. I must have had the iceberg lettuce post on my mind. … [Read more...]