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Grilled Cheddar Sandwich With Goat Cheese and Sun-dried Tomatoes

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One of the latest foods fads is that of restaurants that make gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. Most large cities like New York City, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angles have seen a lot of new restaurants and food trucks that specialize in elevating this ubiquitous comfort food that holds a special place in American culture to levels of haute...
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Stir-fried Spring Vegetables with Herbs de Provence

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Produce sold in supermarkets is often transported across great distances and the result is that the produce gets stale and loses a lot of taste and nutritional value. Even if the produce actually looks good, it may not be fresh. Large scale producers (often multinational are involved here) over-fertilize, use GMO seeds and process their produce for it to...
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Review of Zahav

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Originally when I started this blog, I had thought of adding a whole section on reviews of restaurants that I have eaten at but somehow during the course of establishing this blog (where the primary idea was to introduce healthy and great-tasting recipes to the readers), somehow that section got completely neglected. But now that the blog is over...
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Roasted Cauliflower and Pea Shoots Mediterranean Salad

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After the extremely harsh winter, my vegetable patch is just about starting to come to life. I am so happy to see little sapling making their way out of the ground. This year I have had mixed luck – my eggplant seeds, squash seeds, and watermelon seeds just seem to have been lost in the dirt (haven’t sprouted or...
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Confetti Crab Cakes

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Being die-hard and proud Maryland natives (I love the fact that our state has the strictest gun lows, allows same-sex marriage and has some of the best public school – so basically MD puts is money where its mouth is!), my entire family loves Crab cakes. Of course, I prefer to buy my crab meat from local producers. A...
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