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
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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Roasted Cauliflower and Pea Shoots Mediterranean Salad
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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Curry Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Raspberry Vinaigrette
It’s been quite a while since I have posted a new recipe. Somehow life has been busier than normal – for one I have been working hard trying to resurrect my backyard after this supremely harsh winter (I have lost quite a few trees and other perennials and the worst of them has been the loss of a fig...
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Pickled Butter Beans
My college-going daughter introduced me to pickled butter beans available at the olive bar at Kroger in Bloomington, Indiana. It was love at first taste for me. So when I came back home I tried to look for these pickled beans at my local supermarket but they just didn’t seem to have any. Finally I found some at the...
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