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  • Potato Tart from the Auvergne

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    Though hearty and filling, this potato tart manages to be elegant as well. Serve with a vegetable gratin and a simple country red wine.

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  • Andre Le Saint’s Zucchini Gratin

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    Make sure the zucchini you get are firm and unblemished. They will give you that wonderfully elusive, nutty flavor!

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  • Chilies en Nogada

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    Here is the simplest recipe that I have used for making Chiles en Nogada. It is an adaptation from one by Rick Bayless, with some of my notes added in parenthesis. In The Best of Quintana, Patricia Quintana offers a recipe serving 16 people that is so formidable it may b e directly from those in nuns in Puebla who were celebrating Iturbide’s saint’s day. Believe me, you will prefer using the following.

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  • Baja Fish Tacos

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    Ingredients: Baja Fish Tacos Juice of one lime 1 pound fresh red snapper fillets, cut into 3 X 1 inch strips 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal 1 tablespoon chile powder 1 1/2 teaspoon crushed dried oregano leaves 1 teaspoon dried cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon salt Canola oil for frying 8 7″ corn […]

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  • Baked Rigatoni with Sausage Meatballs and Broccili Rabe

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    Ingredients For the tomato cream sauce 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 onion, diced 1/4 cup vodka 1 sixteen-ounce can tomato sauce 1 twenty-eight-ounce can plum tomatoes, cut into pieces, with juice 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 4 sprigs fresh oregano 4 sprigs fresh thyme For the meatballs 2 pounds sweet Italian sausage, removed from […]

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  • Bailey’s Irish Cream

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    Ingredients: 1 cup cream 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk 1 2/3 cup Irish Whiskey 1 teaspoon instant coffee (I use espresso powder) 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup (or more to taste) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract Instructions: Put all ingredients in a blender and whip for 5 to 10 seconds……….NO LONGER […]

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  • Bacon Wrapped Trout Stuffed With Balsamic Onion Compote in Rosemary Cream

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    Ingredients: 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1 1/2 cups water 2 large onions, sliced thin (about 4 cups) 1/3 cup sugar 4 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary leaves plus 12 sprigs 2 cups low-salt chicken broth 1 cup heavy cream six 10-ounce trout, cleaned, leaving heads and tails intact 24 slices bacon (about 1 1/2 pounds) 1 […]

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  • Asian Cole Slaw

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    Ingredients: 3 cups Napa or green cabbage VERY thinly sliced ½ red, yellow and orange bell, very thinly sliced 3 scallions, white and pale green julienne 1 very thinly sliced salsa chile ¼ cup trimmed very thinly sliced snow peas ¼ bunch chives snipped into 2 inch lengths Soy Vay Dressing Sesame seeds for garnish […]

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  • Asian Flavored Skirt Steak

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    Ingredients: 1 three inch piece ginger 2 large cloves of garlic minced 1 teaspoons brown sugar ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 pound skirt flank steak ¼ cup dry sherry 3 tablespoons soy 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt and pepper Roughly chopped cilantro leaves for garnish Rice Instructions: Peel half the ginger; finely grate to make […]

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  • Armenian Flat Bread

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    Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 4 tablespoons oil 1 package yeast dissolved in two tablespoons warm water ¾ cup warm milk 4 ½ cups flour 2 tablespoons softened butter, more if necessary Instructions: Beat eggs until fluffy. Add salt, sugar, oil, yeast water and warm milk and mix well. Add flour, […]

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