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Sweet And Simple "No-Cook" Carrot Salad For A Hot Summer LunchWhen I named my website The Colors of Indian Cooking I was thinking about the colors of the many, many spices used in this cuisine, from the gold of turmeric, the deep crimson of kashmiri chili, the sable browns of cumin and coriander and the vivid… |
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Anyone Can Pickle! Cherries, Sweet, Spicy and Fast!I've always been interested in pickles, preserving and canning. I guess it's my inner squirrel speaking. The little squeaky voice in my head in the middle of summer that says "save all those wonderful fresh fruits and vegetables you see now, its going to be a long cold winter". I love looking into my larder when the rain is… |
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Bye Bye Blues, A Quick And Spicy Bean DishI have a small confession to make. I love trick vegetables. You know what I'm talking about, the orange cauliflower, the red squash, the black garlic. So you can imagine my surprise and delight when the gang at Lunita Farm showed me a basket of dark purple green beans at the Saturday Farmers Market. I'd never seen anything like… |
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The Banana Split...Deconstructed. A Light Variation On A Classic!This is a post about Banana Splits and a confession. I have to be thoroughly honest here and say that I'm not an expert on banana splits. In fact I've never eaten a banana split. It's not that they haven't looked good, and I'm sure they taste great,… |
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Squash Blossoms, The Edible Flowers And How To Fix ThemThis is the time of year when squash blossoms are found in Farmers Markets all around Sonoma. If you've never cooked or eaten squash blossoms, well then you've missed one of the big pleasures of the summer garden. I first had these as a kid when I was still in the "eeewwww we're eating flowers?" phase. They're a big favorite among… |
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Squash In A Spice Paste Done Pronto!This has been one hell of a week, one of those 7 day stretches that includes everything on lifes' smorgey...except dental. Of course the week's not over yet. It's been a week of some nerves, some loss, some traveling, some stress and the general sense of just being unable to catch up. That said, I can't wait for Monday to start the… |
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Charred Eggplpant And Peas, A Perfect Barbecue Side Dish.Back where I come from when stuff gets charred and there's not a barbecue involved, it's not a good thing. Charring usually involved opening a lot of windows, smoke alarms, yelling and calling the local take out.."Don't Cook Tonight, Call Chicken Delight!" The idea of deliberately charring something may seem scary, but believe me… |
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Tuesday Night At The Sonoma Farmers' Market And A Santa Rosa Plum CrostataI must have been a farmer in a previous life. For as long as I can remember I've been fascinated by growing things that can be eaten. I can't fully explain the magic of that for a city kid, but to actually see the stuff that comes out of the cans or… |
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World Class Tomato Salad For A World Cup Final MatchAll Saturday before the World Cup was to be played I had Tapas on my mind. Maybe it was Spain being in the finals, maybe it was that psychic octopus from the German zoo. Who knows why one gets tapas on the brain, but there they were. So did that make me go on a quest for tapas? No. It did make me go looking for a recipe for that days'… |
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Cauliflower with 2 Kinds of Mustard Seed!One of the things I love best about cooking is experimenting with new foods and new products. I love new stuff, stuff I've never seen before, stuff I might not have tried had someone not suggested it to me. that's how I got turned on to Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil. It started when a little birdie told me..ok, I got tweeted. I'd… |
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Wake Forest Culinary Academy
Cajun Chef Ryan teaches you how to cook restaurant quality meals that you can prepare at your own home. Located in Wake Forest, NC, Chef Ryan transplanted from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, now shares his 35+ years of culinary, cooking, and restaurant experience with willing students, children, adults and the young at heart at any age group.
