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Father’s Day Bake: Chocolate Caramel Tart
A Perfect Gift for Father’s Day. Chocolate is, by far, the most popular sweet treat in the world. Over three million tons of Cocoa Beans a year are a testament to its popularity. Not only is Chocolate luscious, creamy, and aromatic, eating chocolate makes us…
Asparagus: Our Ultimate Guide to 10 Wonderful Ways to Cook the Season’s Most Highly Anticipated Vegetable
Here’s a whole gallery of dishes just waiting for Spring’s fresh Asparagus. Enjoy one or enjoy them all…it’s Asparagus Season. There’s no end to the ways you can enjoy this wonderful vegetable. It’s fantastic whether in a starring role or takes a back seat as…
Gnocchi Salad adapted from Bon Appetit
Bon Appetit’s June/July 2021 is a keeper. Not just because its cover heralds “21 Speedy Summer Recipes”. I’ve already cooked my way through four of them. Earlier this week, it was the jumping off point for our Corn Snap Pea Sausage Rigatoni. Today it’s this…
Corn, Snap Pea and Sausage Rigatoni
Pasta once a week is a staple at our house. We love the endless possibilities pasta presents. With over 50 distinct types—even more when you add in the different sizes– that number goes even higher. Today’s recipe is a riff on one in this…
Lamb Pita Pizzas adapted from Semsa Denizsel, the Turkish Alice Waters
Pizza, need I tell you, has taken over the world. And Turkey is no exception. Spicy, crispy Turkish Pizza is called ‘Lahmacun‘. It’s Turkey’s most famous street food. And it’s a snap to make at home. Picture it as a flavor-packed crispy flatbread topped with…
Ina Garten’s Coquilles St. Jacques from "Make It Ahead"
Ina’s take on this French classic: Scallops in a creamy sauce with a hint of curry under a crust of bread crumbs and cheese. I am a huge fan of Ina Garten or as a friend of mine once said “What’s not to like?” …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s Coconut, Almond and Blueberry Cake
This Week, Bake this Versatile Almond Cake with Yotam Ottolenghi Andrew thinks that this cake would be an ideal breakfast cake, replacing coffee cake with its coconut, blueberries, and almonds. All I can say is the cake is perfect, the berries juicy, the coconut and…
Banana Ketchup Ribs from Nicole Ponseca’s “I am a Filipino…and this is how we cook”.
Memorial Day Weekend is just days away…here’s what to cook: These incredible Ribs are what their creator, Nicole Ponseca, calls ‘an homage to American Southern-style, slow-cooked ribs’ revved up with Filipino flavors. You don’t even have to have an outdoor grill to enjoy them. The…
Spring Chicken Pot Pie
If you think a Pot Pie is more of a winter offering, think again. This one has Spring written all over it. It’s filled with fresh Spring vegetables and there’s no heavy cream sauce. The recipe relies on a simple Chicken Stock sauce. It is…
“Mom’s Lemon Rice”. An Indian recipe from Bali.
Of all the beautiful places I’ve ever been to, Bali stands out. Today’s Lemon Rice recipe is as rich and flavorful as this magical island itself. It combines the crunch of peanuts, the heat of two chillis, a hint of curry, a dash of onion,…
Blackenend Swordfish with Fresh Tomato Chutney
Swordfish is wonderful cooked like this. In no time at all, you have something satisfying and truly special. It’s good enough for company and a terrific treat for everyone. We ate it all summer in Nantucket while I was growing up. It was simply grilled…
Thai Steak Salad with Fresh Herbs and Ginger Lime Dressing
This salad looks like a picture of Spring. It’s as tasty as it is beautiful to look at. And healthy too! It gives you half your daily servings of fruits and vegetables, the tomato being the fruit. It’s also low in both calories and fat.…
Chili-Lime Marinated Shrimp with Cannellini Beans and Blistered Grape Tomatoes
In no time, a taste sensation from Simply Organic If you’re a regular reader, Chewing The Fat’s “Product News You Can Use” recently introduced Simply Organic’s expanding product line-up. The all-organic Spice purveyor is now up to 113 offerings. We focused on 7. When we…