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Chicken JambalayaJambalaya is a Louisiana Creole dish of Spanish and French influence. It may have been created in Louisiana and may have its origins in Spanish paella, even the French have a similar dish called jambalaia in Provence, southern France. Jambalaya is traditionally made in three parts, with meat and vegetables, and is completed by… |
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Buffalo Wing Wanna Be (Hot Wraps)This is adapted from a recipe in Cuisine magazine seven years ago. A less guilt and lower fat alternative to fried or oven roasted wings. They make for fun finger food and can be used on game day as an appetizer while watching the big football game. To make a complete meal add an interesting side dish. The addition of honey and… |
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Biscuits and GravyThis gravy is practically a must in most southern kitchens. It is called by many names, sausage gravy, sawmill gravy, white gravy. It is similar to the one served at the Cracker Barrel restaurant and made in so many southern kitchens. At first, I thought, this is too simple a recipe to post. Everyone knows how to make gravy,… |
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Meatless Monday, Take The Corn Off The Cob!What should greet us this morning as we returned from our early morning coffee run to the Basque Boulangerie but a large turkey vulture sitting on the branch of a tree looking down at our house. "Whoa!" I thought. What a kickoff to Meatless Monday. Whatever that big bird was looking for, he was not going to find it in my kitchen… |
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Indian Hash Brown Salad..Plus A Giveaway!!Hash brown salad? When I first mentioned that to Alan, he was all on board. Since the recipe involved two of his favorite things, Indian food and hash browns, he couldn't wait for me to fix it. Now when I think of hash browns, I usually think of two of my favorite diners in Los Angeles. Raes' ,where we spent many Sunday mornings… |
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Green Beans, Blue Skies. The Perfect Do Ahead Cook-Out Salad.I keep waiting for the sunshine here in Sonoma. Right now the fog is blowing around in wisps and the wind is shaking the blossoms out of the trees and it's chilly out. There is more rain predicted for the next week and my friend Diana the checker at… |
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Gujarati Vegetables With Lime And Cilantro!Ever since Paula Wolfert gave me a Clay Coyote Flameware skillet the other day, I've been jonesing to use it. However, at the same time I got the skillet, I also got all inspired to fix some meatless Indian raw salads that I'd learned of from a cookbook she'd also given me. I kept staring at the beautiful Flameware skillet up on the… |
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Fun With Favas!!One of the things I like the best about this time of year are all the vegetables that are suddenly available. One of my favorites is the Fava bean. Favas are a big part of Italian cooking, especially in Tuscany where my family is from. When I see those big old bean pods sitting there at the farmers market I just can't help myself. The… |
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Beet It!Yesterday I was over the moon that I'd found a new South Asian Market here in Sonoma county. As I think I'd mentioned before we have only ONE Indian market in the entire county and they're not always the best stocked. It's the thing I do miss about Los Angeles. Ready access to good ethnic grocers. I needed to go over to Santa Rosa… |
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A Tale of Two Neighbors Or How Italian Peppers found Their Way Into Indian FoodThis isn't a very complicated story. It's mainly the tale of a small town (Sonoma). There are about 9,000 people in our town, pretty shocking when you've been living in LA for a loooooooong time, and were born and raised in San Francisco. Yes, quite a… |
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Cajun and Creole Kitchen
Cajun and Creole flavors, ingredients, recipes from Louisiana and the world.
