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ethnic recipes

Soba Vegetable Salad with Miso Tahini Dressing

March 4, 2010

Soba noodles are a traditional food throughout Japan. When it’s cold out, they are usually served as part of a hot soup; when the weather warms, they are generally chilled and paired with a dipping sauce.
Soba noodles are generally made from a combination of wheat and buckwheat flour, and the buckwheat gives them a distinct [...]

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Spanish Garlic Soup

March 2, 2010

By the time you read this, I will be on a ski slope in Vermont. I’m looking forward to getting away with my family for a couple of days; while I am gone, I hope you’ll enjoy this warming soup full of garlic-y goodness.

This Spanish Garlic Soup (aka Sopa de Ajo) is meant to be [...]

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Roasted Beet Salad with Mint and Feta

February 27, 2010

Roasting is my favorite cooking method for beets. After I roast the beets, I love to add them to salads like this one.
This Roasted Beet Salad features flavors that are fairly typical of Middle Eastern cuisine…and I think it’s a keeper.

I used homemade preserved lemons in this recipe, but you are welcome to use [...]

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Okayu with Mushrooms, Edamame and Matcha Salt

February 18, 2010

Okayu is a Japanese porridge renowned for its ability to cure anything from garden-variety stomach ailments to hangovers. Healing properties aside, I just love it as a savory breakfast.

To make okayu, you use a larger volume of liquid than is typically used to make rice and you cook it for a fairly long time: [...]

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Vegan Vegetable Curry with Mint Cilantro Chutney

February 16, 2010

This is a luscious vegan curry, inspired by the delicious Tomato and Coconut Fish Curry recipe in Monica Bhide’s lovely book, Modern Spice: Inspired Indian Flavors for the Contemporary Kitchen. As an aside, I was thrilled to meet Monica in person this weekend at the Roger Smith Food Writer’s Conference.

The chutney is optional, but is [...]

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Mezze for the Daring Cooks

February 14, 2010

The 2010 February Daring Cook’s Challenge was hosted by Michele of Veggie Num Nums. Michele chose to challenge everyone to make mezze based on various recipes from Claudia Roden, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Dugid.
Mezze (aka meze) is a selection of small plates typical of Middle Eastern cuisine…an assortment of appetizers, so to speak. Warm pitas [...]

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Guacamole And More Superbowl Snack Ideas

February 5, 2010

It’s Superbowl weekend and everyone seems to be posting their favorite Superbowl snacks.
Mind you I have zero interest in football. Maybe less than zero (if that’s possible). I wasn’t even sure who’s playing until I looked it up 5 minutes ago.
That being said, I am interested in the snacks. So whether I watch the [...]

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Beef Satay

January 14, 2010

The January 2010 DC challenge was hosted by Cuppy of Cuppylicious and she chose a delicious Thai-inspired recipe for Pork Satay from the book 1000 Recipes by Martha Day.

Since I am still making my way through the 40 pounds of grass-fed beef I purchased as part of a cow share program, I used beef [...]

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New Year’s Resolution Ochazuke

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year! I hope you had as nice and restful a week as I did.

I don’t generally venture into resolution territory, but this year I decided I really need to do something about my “breakfast problem”. For several reasons (the main ones being that I am not generally hungry first thing in the morning [...]

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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Cooking the Books (Of Some of My Favorite Food Bloggers, That Is)

December 20, 2009

I love cookbooks, and I’m of the opinion that you can never have too many.
I’ve got quite a few (here are some that currently reside in my kitchen)…

…but when Kalyn posted this list, I realized that I only had one or two books written by food bloggers. Since I’m a food blogger (obviously) and a [...]

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