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I got the idea for this dish from this wonderful arroz de bacalhau we had in the company of our dear friends, Luiz and Sávio, at a beach kiosk in Vitória while we were visiting back in early February. There the dish was served in those stunning and very authentic dark clay pots from Paneleiras [...]
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This is a simple to make dish that’s both nutritious and elegant. It makes a wonderful side dish. I served it with sautéd red snapper fillets in garlicky clam and mussel sauce. It’s as easy to make as rice. The color of the red quinoa is stunning and I think stimulates the appetite. [...]
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I’ve been thrilled lately to be cooking from Najmieh Batmanglij’s Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey. Her rice dishes all turn out exciting and quite different from things that I’ve ever made before. This Susa polow is no exception. The book says that Susa was the capital of Elam, an ancient bronze-age [...]
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Still on my Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey cooking kick, I made this bulgar and mung bean dish a few nights after Madras rice with yogurt. It’s January so the tomatoes aren’t very good right now. Instead of the fresh ones recommended in the recipe, I used store-bought oven-roasted tomatoes from Whole [...]
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I’ve been inspired by the success of my recent attempt at Georgian pilaf with tart cherries to try some more recipes from Najmieh Batmanglij’s remarkable book, Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey. Most of her rice recipes are unfamiliar to me and use ingredients that I’d not thought of putting in rice before. [...]
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This is a quick and easy way to make a great rice dish. Rice is so versatile you can basically cook it with anything. It absorbs the flavors of whatever other ingredients that you use. I never get tired of rice: so many possibilities…
This time around I used long beans to [...]
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I made this rice dish over Heguiberto’s objection for Christmas dinner last week. He objected not because it was a non-traditional dish (which he doesn’t care about) or because it was a rice dish (he loves rice). Rather, he didn’t like the idea of the tart cherries. Though he’s from Brazil where there is abundant [...]
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The other week Steven and I went to Japan town to the Sundance Kabuki movie theater to see A Single Man, Tom Ford, the famous clothing designer’s first movie. I heard that he financed the whole project with his own money! That takes balls! We loved it even though it’s really sad. [...]
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Last night I was feeling peckish for Asian food. Immediately I was drawn to memories of scallion pancakes. I’ve not made them in a while and it was time.
I first tried these savory wonders at a Korean restaurant in New York City a few years ago. We were there to celebrate Steven’s [...]
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The winter holidays can present a unique challenge for vegetarians and pescetarians. Thanksgiving and Christmas inevitably revolve around a grand feast. Yet the traditional foods, like turkey and ham, just don’t work for us. I don’t know about you, but I just cannot stomach those “artificial” foods like tofurkey. I didn’t [...]
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