Topic Pasta / Rice / Eggs
Shanghai Noodles
Did you know it’s considered bad luck to cut noodles before serving them? Noodles are a symbol of longevity in Chinese culture, and serving your guests short noodles might
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Gold Medal Shrimp Fried Rice
In Gold Medal Fried Rice, egg yolks are stirred throughout the rice, coating each grain and giving it a golden hue. It’s an unusual method that creates a slightly richer
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Breakfast Pizza: Egg, Spinach, Fontina and Sriracha
The Kid came up with this pizza. It’s a twist on his usual breakfast of eggs, spinach, cheese and Rooster Sauce. One day, he noticed a forlorn pizza crust
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Beef and Rice Noodles in Black Bean Sauce
What would happen if I ate stir-fried noodles every day, for the rest of my life? You know, besides having my girth match the unbridled love I feel for them. This
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Something for Everyone Fried Rice
“Something for Everyone Fried Rice” literally means, everyone in the group gets to add something to the fried rice. Seriously, how cool is that? We decided to try it. The
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Troubleshooting: Fried Rice
Fried rice is a delicious, one-pot meal. It’s easy, fast, and budget-friendly, because you can pretty much use whatever is in the fridge. One of my sisters, who was
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Pad Thai with Tofu: Very Easy, Highly Addictive
When my sister, Tiffany, requested our next girls cooking weekend be focused on stir-frying, I immediately grabbed a stack of cookbooks and started jotting down dishes we should learn.
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Galette Bretonne
A galette is not a crêpe. Crêpes are filled with sweet ingredients and made with white wheat flour; while galettes are made with buckwheat flour and have savory fillings.
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Winter Blues? Food Therapy.
Blue? Perhaps “gray” is a more accurate depiction of January. Holiday distractions are over, the twinkly lights have all come down, and that regular snowfall was turning every day into the movie, Groundhog Day. The introverted
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Hangover Eggs
If you have a supply of spicy tomato sauce in the freezer, and spinach and eggs in the fridge, nursing a hangover can be fairly simple. Even with wicked
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Atlas Shrugged & Russian Pelmeni: A Book Report with Food
My assignment was to read Atlas Shrugged. Solely studying the culinary arts for the past several years, if a book isn’t food-centered, it probably hasn’t gotten my attention. Perhaps
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Risotto alla Milanese
A few weeks ago, while thumbing through the butter issue of Saveur, a photo of Risotto alla Milanese jumped off the page. Traditionally from Italy’s northern, buttery half, Risotto alla Milanese is
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Cheese Soufflés: They Smell Fear
The only thing that will make a soufflé fall is if it knows you are afraid of it.” — James Beard Contrary to popular scare tactics, soufflés have more room
Continue Reading→Wine Pairing: Alpine Cheese Soufflé & Pierre Boniface Apremont
The Pairing: My vacation last week was relaxing and virtual – yes, a bedside travel to the tiny village of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse via The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth by Roy Andries de
Continue Reading→Wine Pairing: Wild Mushroom Risotto & Heron French Merlot
The Pairing: Wild mushrooms and French Merlot is a wickedly heady example of earthy food and wine. Earthy is the taste or smell of forest floor, wet leaves, nutty-toasty bread, dust,
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Rustic Potato-Leek Galette
This is a twist on the classic French dish Pommes Anna (thinly sliced potatoes baked with fresh herbs and creamy butter), but wrapped in a pastry crust. It makes an
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Baked Eggs: A delicious French peasant dish that is so incredibly quick & easy, you can have it on the table in less than 20 minutes. On the basic level: two
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