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Sauteed String Beans with Garlic and Slivered Almonds

February 23, 2010

I grew up eating sting beans, they were one of the few veggies I would actually eat, and this has always been one of my favorite ways to prepare them. I just love the simple combination of the beans sautéed in garlic and olive oil with slivered almonds, especially if you can get some wonderful [...]

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Pulled Kansas City Style BBQ Chicken Sandwich

February 18, 2010

This is a wonderful pulled chicken sandwich that is drenched in one of my favorite BBQ sauces. This is a Kansas City inspired BBQ sauce that has an amazing contrast between sweet and spicy flavors, and has a really nice smoky taste. I love using this sauce with pulled chicken sandwiches; I just think the [...]

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Roasted Garlic

February 17, 2010

When I was younger my family used to go out to a restaurant in midtown Manhattan called Vince and Eddies, and it was amazing.  One of my favorite things about that restaurant was that they served a whole roasted head of garlic with some wonderful bread, and you could scoop the garlic cloves right out [...]

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split pea soup

Split Pea Soup

February 16, 2010

On all these snowy days that we’ve been having there’s nothing better than a big bowl of homemade soup, especially if it’s Split Pea. This is such a simple recipe that it’s amazing it can be so good. If you have a free couple of hours you can throw all the ingredients together and in [...]

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Peach Plum pie with toasted pecan topping

Peach and Plum Pie with a Toasted Pecan Topping

February 16, 2010

This is a pie that I made this past summer when I was inundated with fresh plums and peaches from a pick it your self orchard. I had so many that I didn’t have any idea what to do with them all, so I decided on throwing together a pie. I really didn’t want to [...]

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Sweet Baked Ham

February 11, 2010

I’m not the biggest ham fan in the world. I just don’t like the salty flavor of most ham dishes, but this recipe is quite different. You soak the ham overnight in Cold Duck Sparkling Wine (a mixture of different wines and champagne) that leaches the salt out of the ham. Then you bake the [...]

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Chicken Enchiladas with Ancho Chili Sauce

February 11, 2010

You can make the sauce a day ahead of time and refrigerate it, and then you’ll have a lot less work to do when you’re preparing the enchiladas. Mexican Añejo Cheese is a slightly salty and spicy cheese that comes either fresh or dried. We use the dried here because it shreds and melts easily. [...]

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Turkey and White Bean Chili

February 10, 2010

This is a wonderful, healthy, chili recipe that gets wonderful notes of heat from the jalapeño pepper and spices, that goes amazingly with the cooling hints of cilantro. I made this recipe for the Super Bowl this past weekend for a group of health conscious football lovers and got great compliments on it. My favorite [...]

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