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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 I’d [...]
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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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Modern Day Crudites

By Alexa | Published: November 30, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving! We were away with 20 friends and family for the holiday weekend—and there was plenty of cooking, eating and celebrating going on. For an hors d’oeuvres one night, to update a classic, I decided to make crudites summer rolls. Rice paper is a great ingredient to keep in the house for an easy, [...]
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Orange/Molasses Glazed Poussin with Roast Yams and Salad

By Alexa | Published: October 24, 2008
We had 2 poussins in the freezer for a few months now, so we decided to use them tonight. Poussins are very similar to cornish hens and can be treated the same way. Likewise, any chicken recipe can be used with poussin/cornish hens if cooking times are modified. We just got our first Urban Organic [...]
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7 Dishes for a Tuscan Picnic

By Alexa | Published: September 21, 2008
SustainablePantry.com was asked to cater a birthday party for a family member. Andi (the birthday girl) and Marshall are huge foodies and we wanted the menu to be delicious while still remaining simple and vegetarian friendly. The party was on the beautiful roof of Matthew’s sister and brother-in-law’s apartment in the East Village–and we were [...]
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