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Deconstructed Vietnamese Shrimp Wraps

May 2, 2008
Deconstructed Vietnamese Shrimp Wraps

I was going to make summer rolls. You know, the kind you get at every Vietnamese restaurant. They are like the perfect food–fresh, delicious, healthy. The fact is, though, it takes a fair amount of work to make them for dinner. You have to soak each wrap individually, then quickly make the wrap, store them under a wet towel while you make the other ones and hope they don’t dry out too quickly. So tonight, as I prepared to make them, I felt a bout of laziness waft over me. No, I wasn’t making summer rolls. Now I...

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Quick n’ Easy Version: Pho

January 17, 2008

Pho is like a godsend when you are sick. This Vietnamese version of the classic sickie food takes chicken noodle to a new level. If you are at the point of moving, the best thing is to get thee to the nearest Pho restaurant and let them do the work. But I wasn’t there yet. I was still at home, in bed. And that meant I wasn’t making the stock from scratch. Everything was thrown together and it was quick and easy. It wasn’t the best pho ever, but it did the trick.  For Easy Pho: Chicken Stock (1...

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The Best Grilled Cheese

January 4, 2008

“I came home last night to make a sandwich,” B told me last night…”and there was no provolone left?” I finished. Yeah, what happened to that provolone? I made it into my favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Inspired by a dish I ate in Uruguay (I know that people who know me are shocked that I say this, but once, I did eat good food there). The dish involves melting an entire round of provolone with spices and slicing it into pieces to eat with bread. This is just the Americanized verion. Begin by melting the cheese (2 large slices...

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A Satisfying Soup

December 16, 2007

Returning from a long day of skiing there is usually just one thing I want to put in my mouth. My thumb. No, just kidding, I stopped sucking my thumb for comfort many years ago, now I eat instead. And what I most want to eat is a warming soup. Miso is my favorite broth for the base of any soup, but unfortunately, the traditional simple miso soups tend to be a little light to be a whole meal after a long day of skiing, so, raiding my fridge, I came up with this tasty solution. So tasty, in...

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Gourd Tastic: Part 1–Delicata Fettucini

October 30, 2007

It’s fall here in the northwest and my favorite season to boot. The fun of fall vegetables never fails, as you can see in the previously posted pumpkin soup recipe. I also created a butternut squash ravioli that I unfortuantely didn’t manage to post about. But the fun never ends with gourds, as this weekend I ventured into new territory: Delicata squash and Pumpkin pie. I don’t want to post the picture of the delicata fettucini I made because the picture does no justice to the tastiness of the meal itself. We came home from the pumkin patch starving...

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