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Crispy Pork Belly & Grapefruit Sauce
Why on Earth is Dhale blogging while she’s on vacation?!?! I just couldn’t bring myself to remain absent for 16 days straight without any contributions to the wonderful world of food blogs. So I...
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A Special Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 Event – The Caribbean Flavors of Costa Rica
I remember it like it was just yesterday… The intense Caribbean sun searing my sand encrusted skin like rare ahi tuna while ambitious rastafarians trek up and down the shore extracting fresh coconut...
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Kiwi Granita
One of my favorite parts about going on vacation is the challenge to use all our perishable ingredients in order to avoid coming home to radioactive mutant produce with fur and legs. Kiwi was one of...
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The Caribbean “Rice & Beans”
Just before we left for Costa Rica, my best friend gave me a food challenge: To prepare a meal based on local ingredients using only the equipment available at our disposal. Luckily for us, our base...
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Bibingka – A Filipino Dessert
My very first and successful attempt at one of my favorite classic Filipino treats. An interesting amalgamation of flavors, bibingka fuses together a simple rice flour cake with coconut milk, salted...
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Steamed Sea Bass Roll In a Sesame Ginger Sauce
An inspired dish from the creative chefs at Buddakan. A few months ago a foodie friend from the Pacific Northwest and author of the sassy blog, Salty Seattle, came to NYC for a visit. We decided to...
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Pear & Apple Puree w/ Quinoa Cereal – Nutrition For My Nephew
A very special little man celebrates his first birthday! How lucky am I to have been one of the first people to see his sweet little face when he came into this world? Alongside my sister and her...
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Grilled Prawns & Anchovy Butter
We’ve been on a “No Reservations” kick lately and in this household, anything Anthony Bourdain says, goes. For a couple who doesn’t even own a television, we seem to be watching an awful lot of the...
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Cacio e Pepe & Welcome to the Neighborhood!
Has it really been 23 days since my last post?!? “Bad blogger! Tsk tsk tsk!” (as I scold myself and wiggle my index finger from side to side). It has been quite a frenetic month with packing and moving...
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Chouquettes
Ever heard of them? Me neither. Not until about a few months ago when he dropped the “Oh! I remember having these back in France. You should make them!” bomb. How could I possibly resist his...
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A Mediterranean Feast – Baba Ganoush, Tzatziki, Tabouli & Lamb Stuffed Peppers
I’m punishing myself…so instead of extending this for 4 glorious recipe posts which would buy me a Get-Out-of-Food-Photography-While-You-Cook card, I am including all the recipes you need to put on a...
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Croquembouche
He called me last week at 5pm on a Thursday afternoon from work and said, “Can you make a cake for 15 people for tomorrow?” Uh, err, umm…sure?! Oh how I love food challenges. So much that I can’t say...
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Piselli al Prosciutto
No crazy musings here, folks. Just a classic case of “Girl meets peas. Girl cooks peas”. One of my compulsive farmer’s market acquisitions buried deep inside our crisper drawer only to be found two...
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Hump Day Happy Hour: Sangria, Skyscrapers & Sun
Part 1 of my July cocktail series featuring thirst quenching libations every Wednesday this month. Glug, glug, glug, glug… As a California girl, I’ve always favored warm weather. Of course, it was...
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Hump Day Happy Hour: Pastis Cocktail for Bastille Day
Part 2 of my July cocktail series featuring thirst-quenching libations every Wednesday this month. Glug, glug, glug, glug… Frankly, today is a bit unmotivating to contribute to my summer cocktail...
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Watermelon Salad & Balsamic Sherry Vinaigrette
A mèlange of refreshing fruity flavors with a tart vinaigrette makes this the perfect summer salad! A few weeks ago I joined my friend for an alfresco lunch at the Coffee Shop – yes, it’s called...
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Hump Day Happy Hour: Ginger & Cucumber Sake Cooler
Part 3 of my July cocktail series featuring thirst-quenching libations every Wednesday this month. Glug, glug, glug, glug… When you go to a spa, they offer you cucumber infused water to refresh you....
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Red Currant Clafoutis
Clafou-what?! Klah-foo-tee. Originally made with cherries, a clafoutis is a baked French dessert with a flan-like batter. Classically, the pits are left in the cherries because it is said to release an...
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Hump Day Happy Hour: Strawberry Mojito Pops
Part 4 of my July cocktail series featuring thirst-quenching libations every Wednesday this month. Glug, glug, glug, glug… Some summer days are so ridiculously HOT that even an ice cold cocktail won’t...
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Beet Gnocchi & Smoked Almond Pesto
It takes a real man to eat pink gnocchi. Ever since we moved to this neighborhood, we’ve been swamped with so many restaurants on our “to try” list. A few weekends ago, we finally made it to our very...
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