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Mar

28

Chicken Salpicon

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I first had this dish in El Paso, Texas on a hot summer night. Arriving late at night at the home of an old El Pasoan after a day of dusty driving, I was welcomed with a huge Mexican ceramic bowl of salpicon and a stack of fresh, tender flour tortillas. Hungrily, gratefully, I spooned [...]

Mar

22

Muffaletta

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Best. Sandwich. Ever. This truly is the world’s greatest sandwich, the pinnacle of sandwichian evolution, created by the Central Grocery in New Orleans in 1906. The flavors come together in an eye-rolling crescendo of meat, cheese, & olives that is equalled by few other foods of any type. You can make the olive salad yourself, [...]

Mar

16

Buckwheat Noodles & Mushrooms

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Here’s another way to enjoy that black sheep of the wheat family, buckwheat. In Japan, noodles made with buckwheat are called soba, and are served cold, with a salty dipping sauce, or hot, in a rich broth. This stir-fry recipe takes advantage of mushrooms as a rich source of umami; combined with that of the [...]

Mar

8

Potato Galette with Arugula & Spinach

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The potato fried in butter begets one of the world’s great tastes. Salty & sweet & crunchy & chewy & well, just potato-y goodness makes your taste buds sing like few other foods, I find. This recipe adds the harmonic accompaniments of cheese and greens, resulting in a side dish worthy of its own plate. [...]

Mar

1

Oat Pecan Waffles

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I’ve always been a big fan of waffles, but I’ve never been able to come up with a recipe that made waffles exactly the way I like them, with the perfect combination of crispy, fluffy, & flavorful. I’ve tried whipping the egg whites separately and folding them into the batter; using buttermilk instead of, or [...]