What do you do when your brain is swimming with thoughts – from this end to that – you have a cabinet full of coconut milk and candied ginger, and someone has mentioned fresh carrots? You create a Coconut Ginger Chicken & Carrot Fettuccine meal for your loved ones. THAT’S what you do! Coconut Ginger…
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Just like everyone else in the world, when prepping for a trip, I like to use what I have in the fridge – and not let anything go to waste. Well, maybe I’m not like everyone else in the world. But I’m terrified of disposing of any food item that could have otherwise been used…
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Some days you just need to make pasta. Well, at least in my world. I need to get my hands in the flour, in the dough. I need to feel the mixture in between my fingers and I need to see and admire the work of art that ensues. Being that we are cilantro fanatics…
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The last time I taught a pasta cooking class I felt like I was in a room filled with giddy little children. The little ones were missing, though, and the excitement exuded from the souls of my fellow grown “adults.” They were amazed at their own talent and skill in creating and hand making their…
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Let’s be clear ~ this is not your traditional Italian Pizza Margherita type pasta. This is the REAL deal Margarita–tequila, lime, and salt. That’s right. The secret is in the sauce. I got to thinking a few weeks ago about how to infuse the flavors of the Mexican Margarita into the quality comfort of a…
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It’s certainly no secret that I’m obsessed with the very nature of nut butter. For years I’ve pleased my palate – by the very spoonful – with any and every type of all natural, fresh ground nut and seed butter I have been able to find. I’ve been particularly fascinated with the interesting flavor combinations and unique…
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What a mouthful – both to articulate and say and to eat. The mouthful, I assure you, is rather amazing. It may seem counterintuitive to pair a sweet white chocolate component with lobster and basil to fill an Italian pasta ravioli. However, if you close your eyes and dream, you can see it, smell it,…
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Although most of the time I’m crafting and creating new recipe ideas, there are times I go back to the old staples…the tried and true – lasagna. Mighty Meat Lasagna. This is a household favorite ~ But just because I am who I am, I do like to tweak things around in my craftiness and…
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I asked him if he liked pasta. “I’m Italian, of course!” I asked him his favorite herbs. “Cilantro and basil. What about you?” I love both cilantro and basil. I find them aromatically intoxicating, in fact. I asked him if he’d ever had the two with lime. “No. Never.” Done. Wham Bam..Yum Yum! Basil Cilantro…
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So, I simply couldn’t let go of the beauty ~ silky black and brilliant orange farfalle no more Marbled Pappardelle beautiful in every way… Pappardelle [papparˈdɛlle] (sing.: pappardella) are large, very broad, flat pasta noodles, similar to wide fettuccine.[1] The name derives from the verb “pappare”,[2] to gobble up.
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