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A Very Good Stargazy Pie

I’ve been thinking that I should revive this, at least long enough to get through my folder of oddities, and what better day to delude yourself with good intentions? Last spring I cooked a fish pie from the classic 1654 cookbook by Elizabeth Talbot Grey, Countess of Kent, A True Gentlewoman’s Delight. Wherein is contained [...]

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A Very Good Stargazy Pie

I’ve been thinking that I should revive this, at least long enough to get through my folder of oddities, and what better day to delude yourself with good intentions? Last spring I cooked a fish pie from the classic 1654 cookbook by Elizabeth Talbot Grey, Countess of Kent, A True Gentlewoman’s Delight. Wherein is contained [...]

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• My latest De Condimentis post - sour cream @hilobrow http://t.co/F98VRdY #
• "But if they want to take my Marmite off me they'll have to wrench it from my cold dead hands." http://bit.ly/jpl6C5 via @stevesilberman #
• Apply directly to warts, lesions, growths; also terrific on sausages and cheese. #mustard #
• Mustard cures scorpion bites, snake venom and poisonous mushrooms. But I may have you sign a waiver before we test it. #
• @MatthewBattles brilliantly broasts a food tale in fat rendered from reality's ample thighs http://bit.ly/gcGYGq @HILOBROW #