WHB #43 - Scarborough Faire Baked Chicken
Just because this is an HERBY dish, I decided to make this my entry for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging, which is back home in Kalyn’s Kitchen this week.
Are you going to Scarborough Faire…. Know that song? That is what this dish is named after. Why? Because it has parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, […]
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A Food Meme
This meme is from the ever creative Toni of Wifely Steps which she sent to our email group but I chose to post my answers here. I tag all of you who love food and reads this.
How do you like your eggs? I like eggs in any form except for poached. Just haven’t developed a […]
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Gifts in Our Kitchen
Every year since we’ve moved to NC, we always spent the summer vacations with my family in CA. This year though, since we’re saving up for a trip in December, we didn’t go to CA and have been missing everyone all summer. I guess they must be missing us too and the food tripping we […]
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LP12 - Pink Tinola
This round of Lasang Pinoy, hosted by the beautiful Ces, is all about being Distinctly Pinoy with a Twang or fusion cuisine. This blog has always been about fusion. Nothing is authentic here. Every dish we cook is spiced with what we are and where we are in life and in the world. So our […]
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WHB #42 - Spiced Chard with Pinenuts
This week, Weekend Herb Blogging is being hosted by Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz, since that busy lady Kalyn is attending the Blogher conference in California.
Although the title is weekend HERB blogging, the rules just requires that the post be about an herb, plant or flower. I thought this would be a great way to […]
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Cucumber Mint Salad
Kalyn who hosts Weekend Herb Blogging luckily posted this recipe a second time around and reminded me to try it out. I am glad I did because it is such a refreshing change from the usual pickled cucumber salad and it is such a perfect way to highlight the cucumbers and mints from our garden. […]
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Beet Greens with Garlic
Several people I know, and I did this too before I knew better, throw the tops of the beets away and just cook the roots. The green parts of the beets are actually very delicious. Since we’ve had a very successful crop of beets in our garden this year, we’ve had plenty of greens of […]
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LP12 - distinctly Pinoy with a TWANG
My husband loves to tell a story of a chef who worked at one of the nicer hotels here in Durham that is supposed to be offering continental cuisine. It started out just fine for a few months but as the chef got more comfortable, the more his food started tasting like southern food until […]
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