Category Archives: RECIPES

Chicken Pot Pie with a Puff Pastry Crust

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One of my kids’ favorite meals is a classic pot pie. I am not too fond of pie crust (a bit too heavy for me), so I make my pot pies with store-bought puff pastry. The puff pastry is crispy and adds a lot of texture to the dish. I like to load the filling with a lot of...
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Garlic Scape Marinated Flank Steak

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Unless you grew your own garlic, it used to be hard to find garlic scape in the US. But in recent years I have seen garlic scape being sold in ethnic grocery stores or at farmer’s markets. The season for these delicate tendrils (which are technically the flower of the garlic plant) is quite short because these appear on...
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Herbed Goat-Cheese Dip

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I just harvested some peas, apple mint and some Thai basil from my backyard. The peas are so sweet, crunchy and fresh that I didn’t have a heart to cook them. It would have been a waste to cook them and lose some of the crunch in the process. So I decided to make a creamy goat-cheese dip to...
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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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