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The Mad Apple

posted August 14, 2010 in A Foodie's Quest

I love eggplants. For as far as I can remember, I've always eaten these vegetable-fruits, they were part of my family's culinary landscape. Both my parents have their eggplant repertoire: stuffed and fried; sliced in a fan and roasted; pickled; in sa (read full article)

Strut Your Stuff Weekly Blog Meme

posted August 14, 2010 in Frugal Front Porch

Chaya shared some great recipes last week. I really enjoyed the Bistecche dei Poveri she shared. She used eggplant but I could easily see other great vegetables used in this delicious recipe. What will you share this week???? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (read full article)

Spinach and Eggplant Pierogi Topped with Roasted Grape Tomatoes and Yogurt Sauce - A Daring Cooks Challenge

posted August 14, 2010 in Acquired Taste

 The August 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by LizG of Bits n’ Bites and Anula of Anula’s Kitchen. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make pierogi from scratch and an optional challenge to provide one filling that best repr (read full article)

Marinade Beef and Eggplant(牛肉と焼き茄子のマリネ)

posted August 14, 2010 in Cooking Japanese Style

☆Marinade Beef and Eggplant(牛肉と焼き茄子のマリネ) ☆ Ingredients: ☆ 4 fillets beef tight ☆ 6 eggplant ☆ 2 branch coriander ☆ 1 tbsp sesame ☆ 2 tbsp sesame oil ☆ 2 tbsp rice vinegar ☆ 1/2 tsp lemon juice ☆ salt Directio (read full article)

Open-faced Eggplant Sandwich

posted August 13, 2010 in Mangos Chili and Z

I’m having more fun with all the fresh produce at our Farmers’ Market. Next time you’re at one grab an eggplant, slice it up thick, slather it with olive oil, grill it alongside some onions. Throw it on top of a slice of toasted (read full article)

Eat, Drink and Save Money: Bianca – Get A Meal For A Steal!

posted August 13, 2010 in Harriet Magpie

Well it’s not really a steal…But for New York restaurants, Bianca is definitey worth your money in terms of portions and atmoshere.  It’s a cozy, romantic Italian bistro located on a very pleasant street lined with brownstones and (read full article)

David Lake, legendary Washington winemaker and vegetarian matchmaker?

posted August 13, 2010 in Wine and Beer of Washington State

Perhaps the soul mate to my grilled eggplant sandwich. Earlier this summer, Bean invited a lucky few over to her front yard to participate in a blind tasting featuring Washington Rieslings and Syrahs she had received as samples. This was one of our (read full article)

Aloo Baingan (eggplant-potatoes) Curry

posted August 11, 2010 in Chef In You

The beauty of Indian Cooking is its versatility combed with big flavors. No wonder it is one of the most famous cuisines in the world. I am surprised yet so glad to see Indian restaurants popping every where I see in the recent years. Many westerner (read full article)

Summerfest 2010 - Green Beans with Tarragon Vinaigrette

posted August 11, 2010 in A Communal Table

Green Beans  with Tarragon Vinaigrette Are you ready for the next installment of Summerfest 2010??? I hope so, because here it is!!This week's theme was beans, herbs and greens and I decided to make green beans.  I absolutely love fres (read full article)

5 Days of Veggies: Eggplant

It's Day 3 of our 5 Days of Veggies series and today's veggie is something you might not know much about - eggplant. In fact, it's technically a fruit, but since you serve it and eat it more like you would a vegetable, we figured it was OK to group (read full article)

Lazy Days and Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches

posted August 10, 2010 in The Good Cook

Lazy Days.Well, for some of us. The others have been very busy.Construction projects of the IMPORTANT kind. (No Stimulus Money was used to build this sand castle)Look at the attention to detailYes, that is a crab claw sticking out of the sand wa (read full article)

Baigan Aloo Bharta

posted August 09, 2010 in Indian Khana

We all know Baigan Bharta but how about adding some potato? Well, I just did as I had some leftover boiled potato and to use ;)  This is not my usual baigan bharta recipe I just tried it & the result was just yummy. I'm sure going to try (read full article)

5 Days of Veggies: Corn

Hope everyone enjoyed our 5 Days of Fruit series last week. We had so much fun doing it we decided to do a "5 Days of Veggies" series this week, and we're kicking it off with corn. Corn is a staple and many people eat it at least once a week, but th (read full article)

Thutilinanga Indonesian Chili Fried Eggplants/Aubergine

Eggplant also know as Aubergine is one of our favorite vegetables. Well technically it is a fruit but people use it as a vegetable. These veggies are in the same vegetable family as tomatoes, sweet peppers and potatoes. I know it's kind of weird thin (read full article)

Fried Udon Noodles with Meat Sauce(ミートソース風焼きうどん)

posted August 05, 2010 in Cooking Japanese Style

☆Fried Udon Noodles with Meat Sauce(ミートソース風焼きうどん) ☆ Ingredients: ☆ 2 portion udon noodles ☆ 150g ground meat ☆ 2 eggplants ☆ 1/4 onion ☆ vegetable oil ☆ 3 tbsp ketchup ☆ salt and pepper ☆ minced parsley Dir (read full article)

Melanzane alla Parmigiana

posted August 04, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

OK, I feel it's time we have a serious talk about this dish. I've heard people overseas call it "Eggplant Parmesan," and learned that there are variations of it, the most popular of these involving breaded meat cutlets, named "Veal Parmesan." This pa (read full article)

Eating in Shanghai - South Beauty Sichuan-Cantonese Restaurant

posted August 04, 2010 in CW\'s Food & Travel

If you are going to have a dinner at Xin Tian Di, be sure to check out the prices before making your choices. Prices at most of the outlets here are high even by International standards, and you could get a sticker shock. I was going to try out one o (read full article)

Orange Sorbet

posted August 03, 2010 in lisa is cooking

This dessert started with eggplant. That is, if it weren’t for the eggplant, I never would have made orange sorbet. I had a couple of varieties of eggplant to use, and I started craving a Thai eggplant curry. I knew I had seen an eggplant curry in (read full article)

Veggie & Sausage Crustini

posted August 02, 2010 in Living the Gourmet

Ingredients:Italian BreadShredded MozzarellaGrated Romano Cheese2 small eggplants – cubed1 yellow squash – cubed½ red onion – sliced4 cloves garlic – crushed & chopped1 Jalapeño – sliced with seedsSicilian Olives – pittedDashes of O (read full article)

Athens Food and Drink, Day Three

posted August 01, 2010 in TV Food and Drink

Over 1600 Waffle Houses grace this great nation of ours, mostly in the South. Their signs, plain and tall, beckon you from the interstate.  The melody to “Prop Me Next to the Jukebox if I Die” by Joe Diffie pings off the countertops. (read full article)

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