Posts Tagged: summer

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Sweet and Smoky Chipotle Seasoning Paste- And a love letter to my Texas friends

Good Mexican food is still not that easy to come by in NYC.  For years, I got around this sad culinary situation by working (and eating) in Texas as least once a year.  Sadly, this summer marks two years without

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Sweet and Smoky Chipotle Seasoning Paste- And a love letter to my Texas friends

Good Mexican food is still not that easy to come by in NYC.  For years, I got around this sad culinary situation by working (and eating) in Texas as least once a year.  Sadly, this summer marks two years without

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Salmorejo- Andalusian Gazpacho (gluten-free or not)

A few years back, I travelled to Seville, Spain with my friend and artistic collaborator Rima Fand.  We were doing research for a puppet/music piece that we made together.  We will be performing that piece again Febuary 13- March 3,

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Salmorejo- Andalusian Gazpacho (gluten-free or not)

A few years back, I travelled to Seville, Spain with my friend and artistic collaborator Rima Fand.  We were doing research for a puppet/music piece that we made together.  We will be performing that piece again Febuary 13- March 3,

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Blueberry Slump with Hazelnut Ricotta Dumplings (Gluten-Free or not)

Soon I will be going to British Columbia to visit my sister and mother.   I am looking forward to picking blackberries, eating salmon and making this desert for my family.  It makes good use of some very classic BC ingredients.

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Blueberry Slump with Hazelnut Ricotta Dumplings (Gluten-Free or not)

Soon I will be going to British Columbia to visit my sister and mother.   I am looking forward to picking blackberries, eating salmon and making this desert for my family.  It makes good use of some very classic BC ingredients.

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A Cooling Salad with Radish, Fennel, Celery and Hazelnuts

I started eating this salad a few months ago and I have not been able to stop.   It is a terrific spring time salad because it uses all the  brave and tough little vegetable that you can find at

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A Cooling Salad with Radish, Fennel, Celery and Hazelnuts

I started eating this salad a few months ago and I have not been able to stop.   It is a terrific spring time salad because it uses all the  brave and tough little vegetable that you can find at

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Broiled Stone Fruit

I have been buying a lot of nectarines and apricots lately.  I love the smell of nectarines and apricots remind me of all kinds of delicious summer deserts that my Aunty Mona used to make with the fruit from her

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Broiled Stone Fruit

I have been buying a lot of nectarines and apricots lately.  I love the smell of nectarines and apricots remind me of all kinds of delicious summer deserts that my Aunty Mona used to make with the fruit from her

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Cold Raspberry and Beet Borscht

I make this soup every five years or so.  Every time I make it, I am hit with a little bit of anxiety about half way through.  I have the following little conversation with myself … Me: Is this really

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Cold Raspberry and Beet Borscht

I make this soup every five years or so.  Every time I make it, I am hit with a little bit of anxiety about half way through.  I have the following little conversation with myself … Me: Is this really

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TomatoTart! Tomato Pie! Tomato Cobbler! (all gluten-free or not)

I used to make tomato pie from More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin, which (along with Home Cooking) is one of my favourite books.  Tomato Pie the epitome of summer comfort food…tomatoes baked with cheese, herbs and a bit of home-made

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TomatoTart! Tomato Pie! Tomato Cobbler! (all gluten-free or not)

I used to make tomato pie from More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin, which (along with Home Cooking) is one of my favourite books.  Tomato Pie the epitome of summer comfort food…tomatoes baked with cheese, herbs and a bit of home-made

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Cold Cucumber Soup with Dill and Sesame

When  I was little and I would go to stay with my biological father for the weekend, he would always give a long English cucumber.  I was responsible for not loosing my cucumber or getting it too dirty to eat

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Cold Cucumber Soup with Dill and Sesame

When  I was little and I would go to stay with my biological father for the weekend, he would always give a long English cucumber.  I was responsible for not loosing my cucumber or getting it too dirty to eat

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Peeling and Seeding Tomatoes- Why, How and When (plus a story, because I can’t help myself)

When I was seven or eight years old I went through a raw tomato eating phase.  My grandpa Orr would make me sandwiches with miracle whip, home-made butter pickles and delicious ripe tomatoes from his garden.  That dish would not

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Peeling and Seeding Tomatoes- Why, How and When (plus a story, because I can’t help myself)

When I was seven or eight years old I went through a raw tomato eating phase.  My grandpa Orr would make me sandwiches with miracle whip, home-made butter pickles and delicious ripe tomatoes from his garden.  That dish would not

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Traveling Fools

I am not usually a big maker of puns but even I could not resist.  I am going to give you a “recipe” for a strawberry rhubarb fool and my sister and I are traveling in Estonia right now…so traveling

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Traveling Fools

I am not usually a big maker of puns but even I could not resist.  I am going to give you a “recipe” for a strawberry rhubarb fool and my sister and I are traveling in Estonia right now…so traveling