Over the past few days I have noticed that a lot of the food blogs based in the US have been posting recipes for finger foods or appetizers that they recommend for Superbowl parties. I live in Maryland and even though I am not a football fan (I am a die-hard soccer freak instead!) I feel that this year...
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Fig Bites
Last year I got addicted to mission figs I picked from a tree in my friend’s backyard. Inspired by her plentiful harvest, I went in search of a tree at the nurseries in our area and last fall when I finally found one, I planted a fig tree in my own back yard. This year I was thrilled to...
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Warm Herbed Chevre Salad
This salad always reminds me of the summer that I spent in southern France. I spent every day there, walking for hours in the sweltering heat and then I’d return to my hotel ( which, like most mid-priced hotels in Europe had no air conditioning) and so the only things I felt like eating for lunch were large salads....
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Mushroom and Caramelized Onion Bites
I was in NYC last week to interview the celebrity chef Jehangir Mehta (runner up in the Food Network Iron Chef competition a couple of years ago) for the website www.talkingcranes.com . So as part of the interview “research” I ate a yummy dinner at Mehta’s restaurant Mehtaphor (highly recommend it!) and my favorite of all that I tasted...
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