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Locally-Sourced Rosh Hashanah

In the middle of an otherwise is-it-tomorrow-yet? kind of a day, I was happy to receive news that I’d won second place in The Jew and the Carrot’s Rosh Hashanah Dinner Challenge. The contest asked readers to report on how they made their holiday greener and more locally-inspired. The three dishes I made for Rosh Hashanah — Maple-Glazed Delicata Squash Rings, Vegetarian Collard Greens, and Honey Cookies — all included locally-sourced ingredients, most of it organic.

I actually made one additional dish for the second night of the holiday that I forgot to mention in my entry; a chopped salad that included mixed lettuce and tomatoes from our farm share.

Special thanks goes out to Lauren, for being the laid-back kind of hostess who didn’t mind not knowing what I’d bring until the last minute!

5 comments October 6th, 2008

My Pickles Made the Paper!

Several weeks ago I entered a recipe I created into a contest run by our local paper, The Journal News. The contest hasn’t been judged yet, but they’ve been featuring some of the submissions in the paper, and today my Sweet & Sour Refrigerator Pickles were published as a lead-in to a list of farmer’s markets in the area. Too bad they left off my blog address! Even if I don’t place in the contest, it is a thrill to see the recipe in print.

10 comments September 3rd, 2008

Print This Post

I installed Lester Chan’s WP-Print plug-in this evening, so at the bottom of each post and page you’ll see a printer icon and a link to “Print this post.” Click on it, and you’ll get a printer-ready version of the recipe you’re reading. I hope you find this useful, I know I do! Let me know if you have any trouble with it.

3 comments July 20th, 2008

The Chick Has Moved…

If you’re seeing this note, you’re in the right place!

I’ve moved from WordPress to my own host, so please make sure your links point directly to chickinthekitchen.com.

And of course, if anything looks strange here, please leave me a comment. Thanks!

2 comments March 2nd, 2008


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DaraI'm Dara, the chick in the kitchen. Living in the suburbs of Manhattan with my two boys, ages 3 and 5, and husband. Trying to feed my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Reach me at .

Want to Try

Enchiladas in Pumpkin Sauce: I'd make either a chicken version without cheese, or a vegetarian version with cheese and beans as a filling. Either way, the pumpkin sauce sounds delicious.

Cook to This

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins. We've been watching Whale Wars on Animal Planet, which I was surprised to hear using this track as their theme song. I think it's alienating as a opener for the show, but it rocks in every other way.

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