Seasoned Fork

Equipment
Food processor.
You will need a mold (fish shape preferable)
Plastic wrap to line mold.
Ingredients
1/4 pound of your favorite smoked salmon (cold or hot smoked is fine).
1 cup of cream cheese
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 Tablespoon of unflavored gelatin
Salt and pepper to taste
Process smoked salmon on pulse until it begins to form a paste. Add the cream [...]

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Ingredients
2 C water or vegetable or chicken stock
2 C orzo
few threads of Saffron
salt
1 T Olive Oil
1 T parsley or cilantro
1 T Fresh Basil, dill, fennel or celery leaves
1 T chopped red onion or scallion
½ C shredded carrot
½ C shredded zucchini or summer squash or green pepper
Sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese
Bring to boil 2 cups of [...]

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It has been a long winter and there are many reasons to stay indoors.  When you garden you always think about the weather and worry about frost. 
So I check the weather every day and have witnessed the many night below freezing.  Even the hardy Primrose and the Cyclamen are buckling under the cold.
Even using the often [...]

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Buy a Crescent Farms whole duck.  Remove from wrapping and rinse.  
Pat dry with paper towels.

Score Duck.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Rub the bird with kosher salt and pepper. Fill cavity with whole onion and a few chopped carrots and place in oven for 25 minutes.

Then turn up to 500 degrees for an additional ten minutes [...]

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Served with Mashed Turnips and Apple Sauce
Buy two 6 ounce pork chops at your favorite butcher.  We like the Wayside Meat market.
Salt and pepper chops to taste. 

Heat a large skillet with two tablespoons of olive oil and a tablespoon of butter.
Place pork chops on to hot skillet, cook and brown on both sides for 3 to 5 minutes [...]

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Two pounds of fresh Cod or Scrod
1/8 teaspoon of salt
One small onion
1/4 pound of Smoked Chorizo (slice into thin rounds and cut in half)
1/8 teaspoon of Smoked Spanish Paprika or Pimenton (locate through either The Market on Front Street in Greenport or The Salamander Gourmet Deli on First Street in Greenport).  If not, visit Tienda.com for Spanish products.
1 lb. of Kale or any of your favorite [...]

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