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Archive for July, 2009
Spaghetti Alla Carbonara
Spaghetti Alla Carbonara

“I’ll have the smiley face breakfast special. Uhh, but could you add a bacon nose? Plus bacon hair, bacon moustache, five-o’clock shadow made of bacon bits, and a bacon body.” -Homer Simpson, endlessly quotable, lovable, dense (yet strangely wise and prolific) father to one of the greatest television families of all time, The Simpsons.

Pompano En Papillote
Pompano En Papillote

The prospect of directly referencing a recipe that I’ve learned at The French Culinary Institute is a bit of a daunting one.  I don’t want to anger the school I adore by violating copyright or anything like that, but at the same time, I want to document what I’m learning for my family, my friends, [...]

Uncle Jim's Pork Tenderloin Roast with Sake Marinade
Uncle Jim’s Pork Tenderloin Roast with Sake Marinade

I have always wished that I had gotten a chance to know my Uncle Jim better. I know him mostly through stories that my father would tell me about his big brother, as we never lived in the same city and he died tragically from cancer when I was a teenager. According to my father, [...]

Cinnamon-Spiced Red Lentil Stew with Chorizo
Cinnamon-Spiced Red Lentil Stew with Chorizo

“I travel the world, and I’m happy to say that America is still the great melting pot – maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.” -Philip Glass, American composer This recipe is one of my first inventions since starting culinary school.  The inspiration came [...]


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