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cookbooks: hidden gems?
The book is still in print. Here’s a quick and dirty version of the recipe: Saute shrimp with some garlic, add white wine, fresh parsley, chopped tomatoes, and simmer. In a small casserole dish, toss the shrimp mixture with...
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Dream SF/Sonoma/Napa Itinerary for a Budget-Minded Foodie
glasses of potato leek soup with onion focaccia bread and a garlic/bean spread. I’m normally not a fan of the texture of beans. This spread was delicious though! The tagliattelli with pork ragu and pecorino was nothing short of...
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Top-5 Cooking Goals for 2009
is medium brown. Add a can of beef broth, a tsp. of worstershire sauce, a little garlic powder. Cook until it is the consistency you like.
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The line between homemade and...not so much.
and boil til done. Buy a can of whole tomatoes, garlic and onions and throw together in a pot for 30 minutes. Serve over pasta. Is that homemade pasta dinner. Most would say yes, heh I made the sauce. What she made was the effort,...
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The best thing your school cafeteria served
. The garlic bread was also amazing (10¢) and really yummy, greasy french fries (25¢). Those were the days . . . of great metabolism!
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Favorite cooking word or phrase?
it sounds. Some favorite terms for food and wine, all Italian: a’scapece—The Neapolitan dish of fried vegetables (like eggplant) that are marinated for a long time in vinegar and garlic. sciuè sciuè—The phrase means roughly fast or...
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Food Quests
or lime juice 1/3c brown sugar 1/8t garlic powder 1/2t onion powder salt and pepper to taste cayenne to taste
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Not a diet - your small cooking changes that make a big difference?
I would say portion control and multi-dish meals. Instead of cooking a pound of pasta for just the two of us and then proceeding to eat it all in one sitting, I make half a pound of pasta, a large salad and garlic bread. I also...
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Please recommend Columbia U./Morningside Heights Area Eats
at Amsterdam and 97th for great, inexpensive Argentinian beef/meat. Well worth the wait. Don’t pass up the fries with parsley and garlic. I think this site has talked about Gabriela’s — very good Mexican at...
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What do you serve with drinks before Thanksgiving Dinner?
and choose your toppings accordingly. 2 cans garbanzo beans drained 1 med white onion chopped 2 serrano chilies ( one for less heat) 3 large garlic cloves sliced 1 stalk celery chopped fine Saute everything in olive oil together...
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Favorite recipes/cookbooks - for hounds who are also maniac cooks
Agree with the Hazan assessment. A fixture at many of our meals is her totally elegant,simple chicken with lemon. And always a hit with company, too. We often serve it with a pasta w/pesto side starch. Brownie recipe in Joy of...
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More Authentic Chinese in Northern Virginia?
I didn’t say I don’t like it. I adore the garlic sprouts, and the kung pao chicken, although not spicy, is a good dry-fried version. They also have that beef jerky dish which is delicious despite its sweetness. But to...
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Mar Vista Memories
The breakfast gems include the Italian Style Eggs (Scrambled Eggs with Garlic on a Toasted Pesto brushed Panini roll served with Fresh Fruit), Montenegro Style Eggs, the Banana Sauteed Pancakes. Ø Lunch items include Italian style...
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Food you eat in the privacy of your own home? (WARNING: Potentially disgusting, feel free to not open if you are squeamish)
Maybe this comes from not having a fully stocked fridge, but I like to put some butter on a tortilla, heat it in the microwave, then wrap a pickle in there and eat that... I’m also notorious for heating up cloves of garlic...
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Worst kitchen screwup.
Baking soda is even better at snuffling out fires. My weirdest was when we first moved to California from Georgia nearly 20 years ago and I decided to make a recipe for some weird thing called "pesto." (C’mon, I was from...
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