From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Tortilla Omelet

April 27, 2009

This is one of the easiest, tastiest breakfasts I have ever made – and the accolades all belong to the ingredients. Sweet Maui onions, local organic eggs, homemade tortillas and aged dry jack cheese are all spruced up with a generous sprinkle of cilantro and a squeeze of lime. In my last post I mentioned [...]

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Ancho-Corn Tortillas

April 24, 2009

Homemade tortillas can no way compare to the store-bought kind, no matter how fresh you think they are. This recipe works just as well if you leave out the ancho pepper – just don’t bring the water to a boil and use warm water. The trouble with corn tortillas is that they tend to stick [...]

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Halibut Diablo with Ancho-Corn Tortillas

April 24, 2009

Since moving to the west coast, I have been trying to learn as much as I can about California cuisine. While I knew I’d be eating a lot of organic, local produce, I was already doing that in New York, and wasn’t quite clear on how my diet would be changing. The most obvious difference [...]

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Asparagus and Sage Lasagna

April 20, 2009

Italian food often gets an undeserved rap for being unhealthy and heavy. It’s not completely unfounded – some restaurants enforce this belief by serving dishes like fettuccini alfredo and baked rigatoni that’s drowning in imitation cheese. The truth is the food in Italy is a world away from the processed pizza that gets delivered to [...]

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Stuffed Artichokes with Whole Roasted Potatoes

April 16, 2009

There are times when I can create masterful meals that take an entire day to prepare. There are other times when I can whip a half-empty kitchen into a surprising culinary feat. But then, there comes a time when I cannot for the life of me think of anything to cook. This particular time came [...]

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Alejandro’s Turn: Guacamole with Rice

April 14, 2009

By Alejandro I was a finicky eater. My parents struggled getting me to eat. But in an era frought with fish sticks, frozen carrot ridges, and whole milk for supper, can you blame me? None of my neighbors ate healthy meals either. It took moving to Colombia for all this to change. One of my [...]

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Farmers’ Market Scrambled Eggs

April 12, 2009

I was scarred as a child by IHOP breakfasts. The memory of a rubbery glob of yellow eggs sticking to my fork before I closed my eyes and braced for the sodium overload. This dreadful memory was enough to steer me clear of scrambled eggs for about 20 years, until I discovered the ingenious egg [...]

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Leftover Grilled Cheese

April 7, 2009

Add this to your list of things to do with leftover roasted chicken. It also helps to have a tad of arugula, a few cheeses that are almost gone, and a lone, ripe tomato. Stack all of these things between some whole wheat bread, add a little butter, a swirl of olive oil, and you [...]

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