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SBH Recommends: Dante’s lasagna night
I’ll keep this one short and sweet: Dante’s lasagna is wonderful. It’s a one-night-a-week special, on Thursday, and it’s paired with select half-price wine that evening, too. (You know we took advantage of that.) Dante’s lasagana uses its delicious bolognese sauce folded between several layers of house-made pasta along with bechamel and grated cheese. Honestly.…
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Our all Bon Appetit Super Bowl Sunday spread
I love Super Bowl Sunday. For one, my favorite consignment store in Omaha has a Super Bowl Sunday sale and I never miss it. (I didn’t miss it this year, either, in between making several dishes for the afternoon feast.) For another, I like to make any day into a food holiday. Super Bowl Sunday…
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Instagram: Feb. 3
Here’s the rest of my @bonappetitmag Super Bowl spread: @lallimusic turkey and bean chili and @sohlae queso not from a jar (in my favorite vintage Dansk saucepan.)
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Instagram: Feb. 2
Just a beautiful whole trout amandine. Who says you can’t get good fish in Omaha? Yeah. Rethink that.
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Instagram: Jan. 30
You can see my new favorite cooking gadget, the Meater, poking out of this gorgeous roasted chicken. Rad all about it in this week’s SBH newsletter, plus openings and closings and a recap of the Omaha event where diners eat 47,000 shrimp.
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Let’s talk about my favorite new kitchen gadget: The Meater
Innocently enough, I added an item to my Christmas list this year: meat thermometer. Little did I know that what I was going to get was much more than what I had in mind when I wrote those two words. My in-laws got me a Meater, which I had never heard of before Christmas morning,…
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Who knew Omahans loved shrimp this much?
I’d heard about the annual Shucks Fish House “Shrimp Fest” for years, but somehow never managed to check it out. It turns out I might be the only person in Omaha who wasn’t there. Owner Greg Lindberg said during the four-day event, Shucks sold about 47,000 shrimp to close to 3,000 diners. That’s a lotta…
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Three Happiness closes after a Wednesday morning fire, goodbye Saigon Bowl, new Indian in Blackstone and new Korean-poke in Aksarben
→ Many midtowners shed a tear for the popular Americanized Chinese takeout spot, Three Happiness Express, after it caught on fire early Wednesday morning. The Omaha Fire Department tweeted about the fire, near 51st and Leavenworth Streets, around 7 a.m. Wednesday. Shortly after the fire was out, the restaurant posted on its Facebook page that…
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Instagram: Jan. 27
Copious amount of dill on the @alisoneroman creamy farro with crispy mushrooms and sour cream. SO GOOD. (The recipe is on @nytcooking FYI, and you should make it.)
