rice & grains

basmati rice with black pepper and cashew nuts

September 1, 2010

Rice is very versatile: simple to prepare, it absorbs the flavors from anything you cook it with. Some people find rice boring, but I can’t agree with that. There are so many kinds, all with distinct flavors. And when you add other things, the taste permutations become virtually limitless! I can eat rice every day [...]

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New York style pizza with basil cilantro pesto, goat cheese, Kalamata olives and fresh arugula

August 26, 2010

I made this pizza for company last week. I guess I was thinking about it after reading Heavenly’s post about Lombardi’s Pizza in New York. Ah, New York! Callie and Ellie were visiting from Virginia. Ellie is a real fan of Italian food. On that particular day, we were taking a break from sightseeing and [...]

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red quinoa, carrot and cumin basmati rice

August 25, 2010

I made this rice dish before without the quinoa. This time around I decided to add the quinoa for more protein and texture. How can you go wrong with rice or quinoa? I served it with chole masala. red quinoa, carrot and cumin basmati rice 2 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped 1 tsp cumin seeds [...]

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vegetarian paratha or maybe paratha veggie burgers?

August 20, 2010

I absolutely love Indian cuisine and never got around making my own paratha. Paratha is just a pan-fried unleavened flat bread originally from the Punjab region that is popular all over India nowadays. This recipe was adapted from Prerna’s beautiful blog. Her parathas looked so tempting that I had to try them at home. I [...]

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fresh corn tamales stuffed with shitake mushrooms and brie

August 12, 2010

This is a variation of a recipe for fresh corn tamales that comes from Stephan Pyles’ The New Texas Cuisine. In the Nineties in Dallas, Stephan Pyles was The chef that everyone talked about. In the last year or two that I was there, he opened Star Canyon on the edge of the Cedar Springs [...]

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Southwest inspired homemade empanadas

August 2, 2010

My original idea for this recipe wasn’t Southwest at all. I was reading this cool food blog, bitchin’Camero, and got super excited by Mel’s recipe for smoked salmon, goat cheese and spinach empanadas. My folks had just gone on an Alaskan cruise and brought us some smoked salmon as a gift. Perfect! I made the [...]

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homemade New York style pizza two ways

July 16, 2010

New York style pizza is hard to find here in San Francisco. There is a place on 18th and Castro that I think makes something similar to what you get at those hole-in- the- wall pizza places in NYC. Sometimes when we go shopping in the Castro area I try going with an empty stomach [...]

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biscoito de polvilho azedo AKA sour manioc biscuit

July 9, 2010

Growing up in the countryside in Brazil was not fun in the sense that we didn’t have a bakery to go to every morning to get bread. On the other hand, it was great because my mother liked to bake. She had a rustic wood burning oven built outside the house near the kitchen in [...]

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Szechuan fry bread

July 1, 2010

I’ve been wanting to make this recipe for ages, but was having trouble locating Szechuan peppercorns. Finally, I found some in the bulk section of my least favorite grocery store ever, Rainbow. Everyone in San Francisco raves about that place but I think that it has poor lighting; it’s difficult to find things; it’s very [...]

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vegan ajwain samosas for good bye

June 21, 2010

Our friends Christian and Alecks are moving back to the East Coast this summer. Alecks will be teaching at NYU and Christian is going back to grad school. Exciting times for these two boys with lots of changes happening in their lives right now! Congrats to both of you! They are going to live on [...]

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