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easy laminated nutella morning buns
[ezcol_1half] LONG, LIKE WAIST-DEEP GANDALF GONE WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE… [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] LATELY, I’ve been running into the same remark that brings attention to something I would not have otherwise noticed. Not on my naturally rustic… understated beauty, nor my deeply reflective overstated fashion. But, people have been saying to me that they didn’t realize –…
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Eggplant parmesan pizza w/ crispy capers
[ezcol_2third] [/ezcol_2third] [ezcol_1third_end] NOT feeling particular talky today so let’s just eat. Last night, armed with the perfect excuse of utilizing the abundance of eggplants, we had a pizza-rized eggplant parmesan. Paper-thin slices of eggplants pre-toasted under an airy web of grated Parmigiano cheese until curly crispy and golden browned, scattered in between two layers of tangy tomato sauce and…
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FIRE-CRUSHED CUCUMBER SALAD
[ezcol_1third] THIS IS A CONVICT YOU’LL WANT TO FORGIVE, AND EMBRACE [/ezcol_1third][ezcol_2third_end] I don’t mean to sound self-absorbed and overly theatrical if I mustn’t, but officers, I have a stalker. Please, listen to me before you dismiss my report after I tell you that, yes, it’s a cucumber salad. Harmless and gentle it may sound,…
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DIRTY THAI FRIED RICE
[ezcol_1half] IF YOU DON’T DO IT, SOMEBODY WILL [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] EVEN though, for quite a while now, you and I have been sort of sitting inside a semi-private room, staring at each other and talking about what I ate yesterday… when it comes to predicting what you would actually like to eat, sadly, I’ve got very little clues.…
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TAIWAN BEER-HOUSE WOKED CLAMS
[ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] IT WAS A CRADLE FOR UNDERAGE DRINKING AND SECOND-HAND SMOKE, AND WE LOVED IT LIKE MOTHER’S MILK [/ezcol_3fifth] [ezcol_1fifth_end] [/ezcol_1fifth_end] [ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end][/ezcol_1half_end]
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sea salt buttercream on a chocolate cupcake
[ezcol_1half] CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE, HARDLY ANY NEWS. BUT A PROMINENTLY SALTY AND SWEET BUTTERCREAM, REALLY GETS ME EXCITED [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] THERE are good, convenient reasons why, I’ve never made cupcakes before. There are things best left unknown, things that, let’s just say, won’t help you enjoy your favourite foods by knowing. Like the day I peed myself a little…
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1 HOT SUMMER, 2 HOT CORNS
GRAB THE END OF SUMMER BY ITS HORNS, MAKING THESE HOT SPICY GRILLED CORNS… Crazy week. Barely anytime to chat! But let’s grab the end of summer by its horns, by making these 2 versions of hot spicy grilled corns. Worthy of a – I don’t know about you but from where I stand –…
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menchi katsu kare/ hamburger croquette w Japanese curry sauce
[ezcol_2fifth] DEEP-FRIED XL HAMBURGER PATTY… DOUSED WITH LAVA-LIKE JAPANESE CURRY… WITH A DEFENSIVE PILE OF SHREDDED CABBAGE AND PICKLES [/ezcol_2fifth] [ezcol_3fifth_end] BEING not quite a licensed psychologist but more of a serial psycho-analyzer, I believe it must mean something, whether wishfully cute or symptomatically alarming, when your husband starts to lie to you about… what…
