Belgium seems to have an affinity for difficult vegetables. Although the brussels sprout probably originated elsewhere, and is named through an accident of history, the Belgians actually went out of their way to invent the endive. While the initial technique seems to date from the Egyptians, it had hardly changed until 1850, when a Mr…
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Meatballs
For the first installment of By-the-book, a very simple recipe. My wife came home with some ready made meatballs the other day: my son had apparently decided that he wanted to try them. Of course, I couldn’t leave well enough alone, so I decided to improve a bit. First, I bought more meat to remake…