Author Archives: Matthew

Invest a little time, make a lot of dough

By Matthew | Published: August 21, 2009
Making bread and pizza at home is all about planning. Once you’ve got the timing right, it requires very little active work.  I hadn’t made bread at home in over a month since we had been out of town, and well ya know,  summer… but when I saw artisanal multigrain loaves in the store selling [...]
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Pantry Staples + Cheese + Scallions = Another Mexican Casserole from Matthew

By Matthew | Published: January 31, 2009
Thursday Night. Got home late from work and I knew Alexa wasn’t going to be around, so I stopped at my grocer to pick up tortilla chips with which to better enjoy a Mexican layered polenta casserole. My sister taught me this one a decade ago. What makes it such a winner is it can be [...]
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Making fresh, beautiful bread doing little more than watching and waiting

By Matthew | Published: December 16, 2008
I have a busy schedule. I would never have thought that I would be capable of baking an artisanal style crusty bread with minimal effort, and minimal ingredients, in the middle of the week,  but that’s exactly what I just did (I actually made two), and you can too.  On Monday night I decided [...]
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Mexican Comfort Food

By Matthew | Published: December 15, 2008
I discovered this dish on foodnetwork.com a couple of years ago and it has stuck in the repertoire ever since. It’s sort of like a Mexican lasagna, with a great smokey spice from the chipotle. This recipe is easy enough to put together for a midweek dinner, and the leftovers make an [...]
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Rustic (and easy!) Dinner Rolls

By Matthew | Published: December 10, 2008
Sustainable Pantry played host to a dinner party on Saturday night, where we executed a menu from Eric Ripert’s blog aveceric.com as part of a dinner social contest.  We’ll be submitting a photo for the contest this week (wish us luck!).  You can read more about the contest here. One thing that wasn’t listed on [...]
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