Mini Brioche Buns

Recipe courtesy of Ina Carten

1/2 C warm water (110-120 degrees F)

1 package dried yeast

3 Tbl sp sugar

6 extra large eggs at room temperature

4 1/2 C unbleached flour

2 1/2 tsp kosher salt

12 Tbl sp (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 egg mixed with 1 Tbl sp milk, for egg wash

Phrenology, n.  The science of picking the pocket through the scalp.  It consists in location and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.

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BBQ Braised Brisket Sandwiches

Recipe courtesy of Nancy Fuller

1 Tbl sp chile flakes

1 Tbl sp chili powder

1 Tbl sp garlic powder

1 Tbl sp onion powder

1 Tbl sp paprika

1 Tbl sp packed light brown sugar

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

One 3 pound brisket

2 Tbl sp olive oil

2 C Nancy's sweet and tagy BBQ Sauce

1 Tbl sp worcestershire sauce

One 12 ounce bottle lager beer or chicken broth

6 ciabatta sandwich rolls

mayonnaise, for serving

Photograph, n.  A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.  It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.

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Tomato, Bacon and Gruyere Tart

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Phonograph, n.  An irritating toy that resores life to dead noises.

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Rugelach

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Philosophy, n.  A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

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Italian Wedding Soup

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Loquacity, n.  A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

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Mixed Berry Pavlova

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

Pavlova

4 extra-large egg whites, at room temperature

Pinch kosher salt

1 C sugar

2 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp white wine vinegar

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Sweetened Whipped Cream 

1 C cold heavy cream

1 Tbl sp sugar

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Triple Raspberry Sauce

1/2 pint fresh raspberries

1 C seedless raspberry jam

1/4 C water

1/2 C sugar

Serve Pavlova with triple raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries, fresh strawberries, and fresh blueberries.

Peroration, n.  The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most conspicuous peculiarity is the smell of the several kinds of pwder used in preparing it.

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Chive Biscuits

Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten

2 C all-purpose flour

1 Tbl sp baking powder

1 tsp kosher salt

1 tsp sugar

1/4 pound or 1 stick of butter, diced

3/4 C half and half

1/2 C chopped fresh chives or fresh parsley leaves

1 egg mixed with 1 Tbl sp water, for egg wash

In'ards, n.  The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious part organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our immortal part. To the contrary, Professor Garret P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith to the fact that tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both. 

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