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Spring

Niçoise Salad

July 2, 2009
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Salade Niçoise, originated in the Côte d’Azur region of France along the Mediterranean; a land who’s good olives, plentiful seafood and sunny climate are well represented in this vibrant salad. Named after its city of origin, Nice (pronounced like niece), Salade Niçoise typically includes tuna, haricots vert, tomatoes, olives and eggs, but it’s another one [...]

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Mint and Lamb Shepherd’s Pie

June 18, 2009
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Fresh peas have recently come into season in these parts and as I passed pile upon pile of satiny green pods at the farmers market, I felt a growing meat pie craving well up from the depths of my stomach.

Of all the meat pie variants, I have a particular affinity for the humble shepards pie [...]

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Sunchoke Ramp and Nettle Soup

May 9, 2009
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After gorging myself on various pork products for the past few weeks, I really felt like I needed a break from all the meat. To get my new found interest in vegetarianism off to the right start, I started the day off with a $7.50 vegetarian lunch buffet at Tiffin Wallah, which happens to have [...]

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Green Tomato Gratin

April 26, 2009
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Slices of green tomato are cooked in a creamy mornay sauce with a crisp panko crust in this unconventional green tomato gratin.
With the weather up in the high 80’s here in in Manhattan over the weekend, it really feels like we’ve skipped past spring and have headed straight into summer. This is quite unfortunate as [...]

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Forage & Feast – Ramps, Fiddleheads, & Stinging Nettles

April 14, 2009
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After the success of the Cooklyn Improv event, Jonathan from Lab 24/7 and I decided to team up and do a spring Forage & Feast event. The concept was to get a group of fellow food fanatics together for a foraging trip up in Yonkers where we’d pick ramps, fiddleheads and stinging nettles then bring [...]

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Paella

June 8, 2008
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Being Asian, I like rice. Being Japanese, I love seafood. Add to that my affinity for smoked meats and it’s no wonder why Paella is one of my favourite foods off all time. Sadly it’s so often relegated to the ranks of mediocrity by pan wielding Cretans manning the stoves at “Spanish” restaurants here [...]

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Inspiration comes in many forms

June 3, 2008
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Danish Lamp or mushrooms?
Shag leather rug or mushrooms?
I scored an unexpected bounty today at a farmer’s market that until this morning I had no idea existed. I came into work this morning to see one of my co-workers munching on fresh peas straight out of the pod. Perhaps sensing an interrogation in the making he [...]

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Green peach salad with feta

May 24, 2008
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I’m sure we’ve all jumped the gun on peach season seeing those perfectly fuzzy fragrant bulbs sitting in our grocers produce section just screaming out to be bought. It’s still a bit early in the season for peaches, so if you gave into the calling, you more than likely to end up with crunchy fructose [...]

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