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America! Presents: Pillsbury Toaster Scrambles
Because I am currently eating somewhere between four and forty meals per day, it may come as some surprise to hear that I was a bit of a finicky breakfast-eater, as a young man. I insisted that eating...
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Breakfast at the Rock ‘n Roll Diner
There was an interim of optimism, at least on the surface, before the Cold War reached a fever pitch, after World World II, still in evidence across America. Route 1 runs parallel to I-95 and adjacent...
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Article 7
Sunday morning dawned clear and unseasonably warm in The County. We had decided to double back to Grammy’s, a reader-recommended restaurant, then head west to Baxter State Park, to take on the two...
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Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey & Chorizo Breakfast Hash
The morning after a big family meal like Thanksgiving is the perfect opportunity to whip up a breakfast hash. You’ve got most of the ingredients already-cooked, and it uses up a lot of leftovers with...
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Brunswick Diner
If you’ve ever found yourself in a real, honest-to-goodness dive bar (that is, an old, locals-only neighborhood haunt, filled with down-and-outers, that doesn’t bother with screwing license plates and...
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Crispy Oven-Roasted Potatoes
My dad was completely obsessed in his search for a perfectly-crispy hash brown. It was perhaps the most important metric by which he measured a breakfast place; the best diner breakfast in the world...
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Breakfast Tacos con Chicharron
I‘ve had a nearly insatiable craving for habanero peppers lately. I’ve been mixing up quick-pickled habanero to ladle onto leftover pot roast nachos. I’ve been spiking my canned Chunky soup with...
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Corned Beef Hash
For me, a traditional New England Boiled Dinner, complete with potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and cabbage, is only a necessary stop along the path between “not eating corned beef hash” and “eating...
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Banana Applesauce Muffins
I’ve already had four of these muffins today. I don’t know if it’s me – because I’m ravenous all the time – or because these muffins are wonderful. You probably have all the ingredients on hand....
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Tex-Mex Migas
I’ve never been to Austin, Texas. A mythic city of beauty and music, where oddness and individuality are celebrated. “If I could ever be away from the ocean…If I had to live somewhere in Texas…If I...
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Cinnamon Ricotta Danish
When we have a houseful of company for the weekend, I love to get up early and bake something yummy for breakfast. This is the perfect next treat after presenting an impressive Beef Wellington the...
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Raspberry Sweet Rolls
When we were eighteen, my best friend and I started going on summer adventures. We would pack White Lightning, my intrepid Toyota Corolla with all the essentials and start driving South on 1-95. The...
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So This Exists: Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich
As with most of Dunkin’ Donuts new offerings, I approached the new “Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich” with more than a little bit of a raised eyebrow. The sandwich, part of the recent trend in fast...
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Classics: New England Style Anadama Bread
This morning, on a walk in Tenants Harbor, I found a red leaf on the sidewalk. It was the very earliest harbinger I’ve seen of the next season, my very favorite, fall. But there are other signs....
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Strawberry Upside Down Cake
Today, in Maine, it is the most spectacular pre-fall day. Fifty-nine degrees, high blue sky. I turned on the heat in the Jeep, rolled down the windows, turned up NPR and we drove all over doing errands...
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Sweet Crepes with Nutella and Bananas
By Jillian Bedell The best crepes I ever had were on the beach in Mexico. Malcolm and I had been living there for about two years, we were deep in house renovation, working from an office that was a...
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Sausage Breakfast Casserole
By Kasey Ahlquist As a general rule, I don’t do casseroles. I am bothered by the blurred lines. Where does the meat stop and where do the veggies begin? I get extremely annoyed by anyone that says, “It...
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Pimento Cheese Egg-in-the-Hole
By Malcolm Bedell For the second half of my life, I’ve been listening to my friend Maggie describe the breakfast dish that is served at her family’s house each Easter, which they call “Jesus in the...
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Fried Chicken Biscuit Sandwiches with Sriracha Honey Butter
By Malcolm Bedell There are some things about the South that, as a Northerner, I’m never going to understand. Like all of the different ways you can order hash browns at a Waffle House. Or what it is...
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Blackberry Jam-Filled Doughnut Bundt Cake
By Jillian Bedell “Did you ever suck the jelly out of a jelly doughnut and then fill it with chocolate swirl ice cream?” Fatso, written by Anne Bancroft Nobody told me there’d be doughnuts. In addition...
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