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Eat Well, Cook Well, Live Well

I'm Rachel Willen. Some people have a mid-life crisis and buy a new sports car, have an affair, get plastic surgery or find religion. I went to culinary school...at the same time my 19-year-old son did. It was time to follow my life-long passion for great food and good cooking, and I intend to make this "second course" of my life into a sumptuous feast. I hope to inspire, teach and entertain.

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  • Fennel Seed Crusted Chicken with Fennel Herb Salad
    05.16.13
    Fennel Seed Crusted Chicken with Fennel Herb Salad

    This dish is a mouthful of spring. And I think spring is finally unpacking it’s boxes and staying for while here in the northeast.

    This dish is easy and fresh with all that fennel and all those herbs and a…

  • Spring Lamb Stew: Navarin Printanier
    04.23.13
    Spring Lamb Stew: Navarin Printanier

    I love spring. It’s the tentative, yet warm, wet kiss of seasons. Who doesn’t want the weather to warm, the sprouting bulbs to wend their way through the earth to find sunlight, and bare trees lining streets to explode into…