Scenes from My Pantry
Velva’s Classic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
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Scenes from My Pantry
Ultimate Double Chocolate Cookies
I find a sense of Zen as I flip through my recipe notebooks, filled with thirty years worth of handwritten notes, magazine clippings, and typed recipes from the early PC days. Some recipes are familiar favorites, and other recipes which can best be described as a fleeting moment of inspiration. This recipe was torn out
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Scenes from My Pantry
Spaghetti all’ Amatriciana
During a trip to Chicago my son and his friends discovered Ceres’ Table, a restaurant featuring Italian inspired seasonal plates. This is where he first experienced the dish Spaghetti all’amatriciana a simple pasta dish of tomatoes, garlic, guanciale (pork jowl), olive oil, grated Pecorino Romano, salt and fresh ground black pepper. He was inspired by
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Savoring the Season
Easy Greek Lemon Rice With Feta
The inspiration for this dish came from a friend this week who shared a recipe from Laughing Spatula for a quick and easy rice dish. I try to keep meals uncomplicated during the hot, sometimes lazy summer months in northern Florida. Nobody wants to heat up their kitchens when the mercury outside is close to
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Cork Talk
Canary Island Wines: Land of Ash and Vine
The Spanish Canary Islands is a chain of seven volcanic islands off the western coast of Africa. These islands represent an extraordinary place on earth where the natural elements of water, earth, air, and fire converge. These Islands have endured the ravages of volcanic eruptions and droughts to create a landscape which produces some of
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Food + Drink
Papas Arrugadas (Wrinkled Potatoes) with Canarian Red Sauce (Mojo Rojo)
I am thinking of where to begin my Canary Island journey with you. There are many angles, the landscape, the food, THE WINE. After going back and forth, I decided to start with a special rustic dish revered in the Canary Islands called Papas Arrugadas which translates to ‘Wrinkled Potatoes’. In the past, Canarians boiled