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07/08/11 • LUNCH, LOUISIANA-STYLE From the June, 2011 Bon Appetit (click here to view the recipe) One of the rewards of working on this blog has been the fact that it’s forced me to cook outside my comfort zone — to try those things that in the past might have made me slow down for a moment and say, “Oh, that looks good,” but which for whatever reason seemed too intimidating to actually try myself. Case in point: the

05/31/11 • SALMON WITH SNAP From the Jan./Feb., 2011 Cook’s Illustrated (click here to view the recipe) Salmon tends to get a bad rap. Maybe because of its mild flavor, or its frequent appearance at baby shower luncheons, or the fact that for years it’s been the featured seafood option at so many “fancy” restaurants, it’s a fish that often leads foodies to turn up their noses — as if it were the out-of-towners’ choic