The Classic Dish Is there anything more classically French than coq au vin? The dish was developed to take a tough old rooster and turn it tender. Since almost no one uses a rooster...
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Shrimp Campechana
What is Campechana? A chilled street food from Campeche, Mexico, which mixes shrimp and avocado in a cross between cocktail sauce and salsa. It’s a great favorite in my city of Houston, where it...
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Chicken with Artichokes and Mushrooms
What’s for supper? A wonderful dish of chicken with artichokes and mushrooms in a sauce flavored with sherry and rosemary. How long this takes to cook depends on whether you use fresh artichokes...
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Sausage and Roasted Garlic Pasta
So day 394 of bunkering down . . . just kidding. But it feels like it, dammit! Here is an easy comfort food recipe sure to make your tummy smile. We need all the...
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Italian Sausage with Grapes
Sausages with grapes, so simple, and SO tasty. Salsicce all’uva is a traditional vineyard worker’s dish, and one of the few examples in Italian cookery where fruit is included in a savory dish. This meal brings...
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Squash and Corn with Roasted Poblano Peppers
This flavorful dish combines fresh squash and corn, with the smoky flavor of a roasted poblano pepper. The tomato adds a little kick of acidity. I used yellow squash this time, because I’d found...
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Fast Pickled Onions
Meet one of my new favorite condiments! Fresh pickled red onions -- a sweet, bright acidity that brings a real pop of flavor to so many things, from pulled pork, to chicken salad and...
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Boofie’s Cornbread Dressing
My grandmother's Southern cornbread dressing, perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner....
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Chicken with Vinegar Sauce: Delicious French Country Food
I've just eaten one of the best chicken dishes I've ever put in my mouth. Chicken in Vinegar Sauce -- it's old French peasant fare, simple and extraordinarily tasty....
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