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Nanners and Rummy Raisin Ice Cream Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. I’m staring at two over-ripening bananas on my counter. What to do?  Je detest les bananes – well, except under a couple of scoops of ice cream and a coating of hot fudge, with a  cherry on top.  Oh!  Ice cream!!  Duh… (so works the […]

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Essence of Chocolate Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. The editors at Hyperion Books sent me three cookbooks and asked me if I might blog about them.  The cookbook that grabbed my attention immediately was The Essence of Chocolate by the founders of Scharffen Berger Cocolates, Robert Steinberg, a physician, and John Scharffenberger, an award-winning vintner. The book isn’t simply […]

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  Recently, I was contacted by Lori Fredrickson of Popular Photography Magazine.  She had stumbled across my flickr account and photos and read my blog.  In a scheduled phone interviewed, Ms. Fredrickson interviewed me from her offices in New York City.  Her article, entitled “My Project: Edible Complex,”  which features some of my food photos is published in the January issue, […]

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Food blogger extraordinaire, chez pim, has organized and kicked off the third annual Menu For Hope.  Because u.e. was too lame to get his act together to donate and participate in this year’s donations, I’ve got to sheepishly sit on the sidelines and cheer on the champs.  Menu For Hope has become a tremendous cause and […]

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Hrm, what to give my assistant and the good people at the *gainful employ* this holiday season??  Well, I’ve gotten my assistant a gift, but how about something to nibble.  They expect something edible from me…. Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. Last week, I received my free copy of Food + Wine Magazine […]

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Oxtail Soup Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. When it’s cold outside, one wants nothing more than a warm bowl of fortification. I find my strength in hearty soups and stews. One of my childhood favorites is oxtail soup. There are a bazillion ways to prepare oxtails. The French braise the bone-on-meat in red wine until the […]

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Pistachio-Cherry Ice Cream Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure … and nutty all over? No, not a Christmas wreath with nuts, silly – home-made pistachio and dried cherry ice cream!  Well, not really. I’ve never quite grasped why or how pistachio ice cream attains a fiendishly neon green glow in ice cream shops.  Yes, the outter surface of pistachio nuts is pea […]

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Beaujolais Ice Cream Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. I know, I know, you all are sick of reading about Beaujolais Nouveau. Believe me, I’m sick of seeing, drinking, hearing and writing about it too. I had two bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau, one 2005 and one 2006, about 3/4-full left from my “Notoriety Dinner” Friday night (one can only drink […]

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What does one do on a cold weekend night? Eat. This past Friday, I gathered together with my good friends Chloe and Bauer for dinner. Before our dinner, we sat down to a bit of wine and cheese. I managed to get my hands on a bit of the Persillé du Beaujolais blue cheese that […]

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You know you’re an ice cream freak when you make a special trip out into a snowstorm just to get your favorite flavor. Murray’s Ice Cream & Cookies makes some of the best and funnest ice cream flavors I’ve tasted. Located in the historic Westport District of Kansas City, it has repeatedly been voted the […]

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