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Roast Snapper with Spring Vegetables

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Because the seafood at my local grocery store is often either too old, or too expensive I don’t buy a lot of fish. I do swing by the seafood counter between the produce and the cheese though because every now and then, they have something truly special. Today was one of those days. They had [...]

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Slow Roasted Lamb with Bordeaux Caramel Recipe

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I know some of you are groaning right now wondering why I’m posting lamb yet again. I get it, I used to be a lamb hater myself. It can have a funk that’s hard to get past and if it’s not prepared right, it can be downright bad. But as with many foods I thought [...]

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Chocolate Truffle Tagliatelle

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When I’m in a creative rut and the ideas are flowing about as fast as a new jar of ketchup, I try to make myself see an old ingredient with new eyes. I imagine myself as a chef from a foreign land who’s never laid tastebuds on the ingredient, throwing out all preconceptions of how [...]

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Lamb Chops with Pomegranate Plum Agrodolce

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I’m often asked “if you love cooking so much, why don’t you open a restaurant”. It’s a question I’ve mull over personally from time to time, but running a restaurant involves a lot more than just cooking, and I always end up with more questions than answers. One thing I do know is that if [...]

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Kabocha Pumpkin Cream Cake

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Regular readers will know that I don’t bake. You also know that I am incurably lazy in the kitchen and can’t be bothered to follow complicated recipes. That’s why I was both honored and mortified when Emily Fleischaker from Bon Appetit invited me to a Holiday Bake-Off at the Conde-Nast offices in Times Square. As [...]

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Fish Veracruz (Pescado Veracruzana)

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Pescado a la Veracruzana or fish in the style of Veracruz is a simple dish that comes together in under 30 minutes and works with almost any type of fish. Despite its uncomplicated preparation it’s one of those perfect dishes that is light, yet full of flavour, while festive enough to serve to dinner guests. [...]

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California Roll

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California Rolls were invented in the late sixties by an creative sushi chef in Los Angeles who was lamenting the lack of sushi grade fish at the time. The avocado approximates the rich creaminess of toro (tuna belly) while the use of crab is a nod to the abundance of Dungeness Crab along the left [...]

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Strawberry Rhubarb Parmesan Crisp

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I try to bring something new and different to all the foods that I post about, but sometimes I just crave something simple and classic. Such was the case when I found some gorgeous strawberries and rhubarb at the farmer’s market this weekend. I couldn’t let you guys down with yet another strawberry rhubarb crisp/crumble/cobbler/crostata [...]

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