Sunchoke Gratin and Other Birthday Delights at Pure Food and Wine

Last night Jordan took me to Pure Food and Wine for my birthday dinner. It was DELICIOUS. Jordan, a passionate carnivore, was highly skeptical of this raw vegan restaurant, but his starter -- a chicory salad with bourbon cask sour cherries and buttermilk dressing -- quickly won him over...

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A Cookbook for the 99%

Food writer Kim O'Donnel posted this to Facebook earlier today: "A cookbook for the 99% by the 99%: The kitchen group at Occupy Wall St. wants to publish a cookbook of people from all over the U.S. and their cheap recipes for organic, local meals, along with a story about how they were affected by the economy... If you have a story and a recipe feel free to email it to occupiedkitchen@gmail.com" What a cool project. I assume they're looking for stories about how people have been affected by the recession... not the economy in general ;) I think I'll submit this story, along with the following recipe, which I invented the other day:

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