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I got this recipe from French Women for All Seasons and have only been waiting for fiddleheads to appear in the market to make it. We were in luck last Saturday while revisiting the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market. There was a huge pile of fiddleheads at the charming mushroom shop inside the ferry [...]
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The guy selling me this lovely bitter fruit at the UN Plaza Farmers’ Market swears that it’s called Thai eggplant. I don’t know. It reminds me of a bitter vegetable that’s very popular in Minas Gerais, my home state in Brazil. There it’s called giló or jiló, which sounds like “jell-o” [...]
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My friend, Kristen, moved into her new house a few weeks ago with her, now, long-time boyfriend, Y. Last Saturday we finally got the chance to see her new pad at her house warming party. Finally! She disappeared from our radar for several months on her quest to find the ideal home. [...]
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I came across this recipe in a Marcella Hazan cookbook while browsing through the new Tyler Florence Shop on our recent excursion to Mill Valley. I’m always looking for new recipes for pasta. This cauliflower dish appealed to me too as I often struggle with this vegetable. How do you make it [...]
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I think I had broccoli rabe for the first time at my friend Susi’s house in New York City in the early ‘90’s when I first migrated to the US. Susi has always had amazing parties at her place and the food is always fantastic. Thanks Susi and Merrith for being our friends! [...]
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This is the first recipe that I ever learned. Mac’n’cheese seems to have always been a popular thing with kids, though I couldn’t stand the stuff from the box. But the homemade was something completely different. I loved it and was constantly asking for it. My mother eventually got tired of these [...]
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Cooking Thai food without a wok or a high octane burner can be tricky! After we moved from NYC to San Francisco we sort of stopped using our wok for cooking Asian dishes. It had a round bottom and did not sit well first on the coils of our ancient electrical stove in our Eureka [...]
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Harissa is a spicy chili paste commonly associated with Moroccan cooking but it is widely used all over North Africa. Harissa is made with hot chili peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, preserved lemons, olive oil, salt, cumin, caraway, coriander and other spices. The flavor may sometimes vary, depending on the brand you buy. When [...]
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Jasmine’s gone back to school lately. Good for her but too bad for the weirdcombos world as all of this added homework gives her less time for blogging! Just because she’s busy doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have time for a good time with food and drink. Prof. T’s away on business [...]
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This is a simple pasta dish that takes about fifteen minutes to make and is always tasty. I originally got it from an Italian cookbook, maybe “Marcella Cucina,” though I can’t quite recall now. The original has a can of tomatoes in the sauce with the zucchini added at the last minute. [...]
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