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5 Days of Cheese: Parmesan

It's Day 2 of our "5 Days of Cheese" series and today we're featuring Parmigiano-Reggiano, or Parmesan as we usually call it. Check out our tips and recipes below!Origins: Created in the Middle Ages, it is named after the producing areas in Emilia-Ro (read full article)

Chicken Papaya Salad with Herb Parmesan Vinaigrette

posted August 17, 2010 in Angie\'s Recipes

Papaya--"Fruit of the Angels", is a nutritional tropical fruit that is packed with vitamins. Not only does the fruit aid in digestion, it is also full of vitamins A, C and E, which are three powerful antioxidants that help reduce cholesterol and pr (read full article)

BBQ Rosemary Pork Kabobs Recipe

posted August 14, 2010 in BBQ Party

Ingredients Rosemary Vinegar: 2 cup white wine vinegar 6 sprigs fresh rosemary 3 cloves garlic, crushed KABOBS: 1/2 cup olive oil 1 tbs. Dijon mustard 2 tsp. fresh rosemary 1/8 tsp. black pepper 1 pound pork tenderloin, in cubes 1 pound red potatoe (read full article)

Tomato Salsa #95

posted August 12, 2010 in La Fuji Mama

When Josie (Daydreamer Desserts) came over to help me try out knives last week, she brought a treasure with her. We had talked about making some kind of salsa with all of the ingredients that we would be chopping up, so that they w (read full article)

BAKA TAPA

posted August 06, 2010 in Lutong Pinoy Recipe

Baka Tapa Ingredients: 1/2 k. beef 1 head garlic 2 pieces bay leaves 1 tbsp. peppercorns 1 tbsp. brown sugar 1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup soy sauce salt to taste white pepper to taste Baka Tapa Procedures: 1. Slice the beef into 1/4-inch thick slices. 2. (read full article)

ADOBONG TARLAC

posted August 06, 2010 in Lutong Pinoy Recipe

Adobong Tarlac Ingredients: 1 kilo pork (pigue) 1 kilo chicken 1/2 liter pineapple juice 1 cup soy sauce 1 cup white vinegar 2 tbsps. black pepper 1 cup sliced pineapple 1 head garlic, chopped 3 onions, chopped 1/2 cup cooking oil 1 laurel leaf Adob (read full article)

Roast Pork Tenderloin with Romesco Sauce - What Alex SHOULD have made!

posted August 06, 2010 in A Communal Table

Roast Pork Tenderloin with Romesco SauceSo, the other night my husband and I were watching Top Chef (after 6 years, my husband is now hooked - SWEET!) and the chefs challenge was to choose a country and then cook a dish inspired by that country. The (read full article)

Pork Adobo

posted August 03, 2010 in Tamarind and Thyme

I know very little about Filipino cuisine. I know that they eat balut (do NOT click on that link if you’re squeamish), they have a sour tamarind based soup called sinigang, that they love pork, they call noodles pancit, and … that’s (read full article)

Rick Stein

posted August 03, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

Last week I took part in a Guardian Word of Mouth web chat with Rick Stein. Despite my surname, I don’t make a lot of fish dishes, so I asked him for a good thai fish cake recipe. Ever the gentleman, he sent me this. Many thanks, Rick THAI FIS (read full article)

Seared Salmon With White Beans & Spinach Topped With Olive-Lemon Relish

posted August 02, 2010 in Crostini and Chianti

Last week I received 4 cookbooks in the mail and then went away for the weekend. So this weekend I had to put the first one to the test. This week's book is Stir Mixing It Up In the Italian Tradition by Barbra Lynch. Since Annette wanted salmon for d (read full article)

Of Pepper Jelly and Sauerkraut

posted July 31, 2010 in The Good Cook

My friend Anne stopped over yesterday afternoon with a basket of peppers from her garden. I added peppers from my CSA haul and we commenced to making Pepper Jelly.If I do say so myself, "YUM"Pepper Jelly: makes about 10 pintsGet your food processor o (read full article)

French Week

posted July 30, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

Today a new English speaking newspaper is launched in France, called French Week. Here is my piece from the first edition. Summer Time – And The Eating Is Easy. As the summer soars to its zenith, French cooking down shifts and moves outdoors. (read full article)

Fried Chicken

posted July 29, 2010 in Filipino Cuisines and Native Foods

  Estimated cooking time: 45 minutesCooking Ingredients: 1 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces1/4 cup of white vinegar5 cloves of garlic, crushed1 cup of water2 cups cooking oilSalt and pepper to tasteCooking Procedures:1. In a pot, simmer chicken (read full article)

Kohlrabi Slaw / 凉拌甘蓝

posted July 28, 2010 in Angie\'s Recipes

Kohlrabi, also called "German turnip", is a member of the cabbage family but has a turnip like appearance. It tastes more like broccoli stem and is wonderfully crisp. The name comes from the German "Kohl" (meaning cabbage) and "Rabi" (meaning tur (read full article)

Delicious Chicken Empanadas

Those of you have visited Buenos Aires I think you all have tatsed Empanadas. A delicious pastry stuffed with meat, olives, ham, cheese, spinach, corn and even apples.I am sharing a very simple chicken empanadas recipe with you today hope you will l (read full article)

Chilled Soba, Avocado, & Grapefruit Salad

posted July 23, 2010 in La Fuji Mama

“Summer is the time when one sheds one’s tensions with one’s clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all’s righ (read full article)

Hot Pepper Vinegar or Pepper Sauce

posted July 22, 2010 in Southern Grace Gourmet

This is more of a method than a recipe. I have made hot pepper vinegar, or pepper sauce, so many ways and with so many types of hot peppers. We always had this growing up. We made at least a dozen jars in the summer, and if we happened to run out be (read full article)

Welcome to Kansas, Vegetable Salad

posted July 22, 2010 in Mangos Chili and Z

I come by my love of cooking honestly, as my mom and her two sisters were constantly whipping up some of the best country cooking you can imagine when I was growing up on the farm in Kansas. Then gathering us all together around a long buffet tabl (read full article)

Top Notch BBQ Onion Relish revealed

posted July 22, 2010 in PimpThatFood

It's summer right... at least in my country which fortunate or for some unfortunate the heat waves become part of your life. It's like absorbs your energy from the inside and the motivation you had in the past season (although it is always good sunn (read full article)

Buttermilk Red Cabbage Slaw

posted July 20, 2010 in Beautiful Life

This is tasty and so easy. An alternative to traditional coleslaw with this colorful contribution.  Ingredients  1/4 cup Mayonnaise 1/4 cup buttermilk 1 heaping Tbsp. Dijon mustard 2 tsp. white wine vinegar 1 heaping tsp. celery salt 1 (read full article)

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