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Homemade Focaccia

Most people shirk away from making pizza or any flat bread at home because they are afraid of not getting the dough right because they are confused by anything with yeast (that has to rest for some time).  But this an easy focaccia recipe that does not require the dough to rest and it can be served as dinner...
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Warm Artichoke Spread

I love this spread over warm crunchy crostini made from fresh chewy bread for a light lunch or with water crackers as an appetizer at dinner parties.  Like most people, I like artichokes but I don’t enjoy the cumbersome process of cutting and cooking fresh artichokes, so I use canned ones for this recipe – they work wonderfully well...
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Butternut Squash and Leek Soup

Ingredients:

1.    One whole butternut squash 2.    One shallot 3.    2-3 cloves of garlic 4.    One large leek 5.    32 oz of chicken or vegetable broth 6.    One teaspoon of salt (or as per taste) 7.    One teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper 8.    A pinch of freshly grated nutmeg 9.    One tablespoon of unsalted butter 10.    Two tablespoons of olive oil 11.    A handful of Pepito seeds for garnishing

Directions:

1.  ...
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Kumquat Marmalade

The British left us Indians with a lingering taste for marmalade and I grew up eating Orange Marmalade on buttered toast for breakfast every morning.  I love the bitterness of orange zest and when I was introduced to Kumquats in the US, I experimented with making Kumquat Marmalade and the result was an immense success. I love it on...
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Mexican Beef Turnover

This is a quick easy meal that I have often resorted to using when my teenaged kids have unexpectedly brought a whole troupe of their friends without giving me any prior notice.  I always have ground beef and puff pastry in my freezer and they are easy to defrost using the microwave and while they are thawing I have...
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