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Grilled Tomatoes with Mozzarella
This is how my mom grills tomatoes and it’s my favorite grilled vegetable dish out there! Elote (Mexican grilled corn) is very closely tied though… something about grilled veggies and smothering them...
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Stuffed Chicken with Tomatoes
I randomly bought a pack of chicken breasts the last time I was grocery shopping and felt like trying out a new recipe to make them. I consulted my trusty What to Cook and How to Cook It book and...
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Spicy Meat Sauce
Natalya and I attended the Meatball Master Class at the De Gustibus Cooking School which was taught by Daniel Holzman of the The Meatball Shop. The Spicy Pork Meatballs are top sellers at The...
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Cauliflower Steaks with Olive Relish and Tomato Sauce
I found this recipe randomly on epicurious.com when I was searching for hearty appetizers for my Christmas Eve Eve dinner. What appealed to me is the combination of all the ingredients I really love:...
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Ensalada Chilena
On our most recent holiday in South America, Natalya and I were completely wowed by the cuisine of Chile. Chilean cuisine and cooking techniques are quite simplistic but what defines Chilean cuisine...
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California Eggs Benedict
For President’s Day Weekend, I decided to surprise my parents with a last-minute trip home. I flew in late Friday night and spent the night with my sister, who had helped ensure that my...
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Baked Caprese
I can’t believe how long it took us to realize just how much of a goopy, cheesy goodness baked caprese would be. We’ve experimented with a couple of different traditional caprese with Insalata Caprese...
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Lomi-Lomi Salmon
As Natalya mentioned in our last post, our buddy (and now neighbor) James was cooking up a stellar Kālua Pork dinner and we decided to make some sides to complement the Hawaiian BBQ theme. James also...
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Peach, Tomato, and Mozzarella Crostini
I had just spent a weekend in pretty rural parts of America, eating probably the most processed foods known to mankind, so I wanted to start the week off on a healthy note. I think I found this recipe...
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Tomato Rice
We prepared this deliciously easy tomato rice dish during our Penang Cooking Class, which was served with Penang Achar and Chicken Rendang. Of all the dished we made during this class, this is...
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Sambal Tomat (Tomato Sambal)
We used this tomato sambal to make Mee Goreng in my Balinese Cooking Class. Sambal Tomat — Tomato Sambal (recipe by I Nyoman Sudiyasa of Sate Bali) Ingredients: 4 T vegetable oil 15 shallots, peeled...
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Baked Sea Bass
After weeks of family visits and work-related traveling, it was a relief to finally be able to retreat to hermitville aka my couch. I was long overdue for some hibernation… My first weekend back...
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