Hungry Again
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Aug

31

Goat Cheese Risotto

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Forget about those logs of bright white goat cheese you can find in your grocery store. What you want to do is run right out to your local cheese shop (like this) or gourmet store and pick up a lovely Chevrot. This is an aged goat cheese from France’s Loire valley and is just one [...]

Aug

22

Tomato Papaya Salsa

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Papaya is a wonderfully versatile fruit, perhaps because it is not too sweet. Its ripe flavor is subtle, hinting at the subtropical mango and durian, but without the cloying sweetness that characterizes those fruits. Unripe, it is fantastic shredded and tossed with lime juice and nuoq mam, as in the Thai dish som tum or [...]

Aug

2

Watermelon-Tomato Gazpacho

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In this chilly little soup, a pair of red fruits come together to sing a gorgeous summer song. Watermelon may seem like a slightly strange thing to combine with tomatoes, but you might be surprised. Watermelon’s fresh, sweet flavor has a lot in common with cucumbers, and certainly cucumbers are a well-known gazpacho ingredient. So [...]