Anne Maxfield

AOC and Carrots?

Someone posted a piece, about carrots in France that are AOC or Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée, and I fell down a rabbit hole to see what that meant.

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Easy New Meatballs for Spaghetti

Craving spaghetti and meatballs, and not a big cooking project, I came across this recipe from Smitten Kitchen for “everyday” meatballs and decided to give it a try.

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Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce Revisited

Marcella Hazan’s 3 ingredient tomato sauce is considered a classic. It’s the  simplest of tomato sauces, but I’ve only made it once and wasn’t blown away. Was the second time a charm?

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Chicken and Olive Tagine

A tagine with chicken, olives and preserved lemons always gets my attention. And the fact that this was supposed to be a quick dinner was worth a try.

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