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XI-AN FAMOUS HOT RICE RIBBONS
[ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third] JUST WHEN I THOUGHT THE SHOW WAS GONNA EXIT FASTER THAN IT ENTERED, ON THE SIDE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD… A NEW JOINT OPENED [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end] [/ezcol_1third_end] [ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third] I must admit, my belated appreciation for the hype of Xi’an Famous Foods, was a slow, reversed progression. Six years ago before we left New York,…
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DEVILS ON HORSEBACK ICE CREAM
“IF YOU GOT SOMETHING AGAINST SWIMSUITS… THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO TALK EVERYONE ELSE OUT OF IT” WOW… I mean… just WOW… I know it looks like I should be addressing my every bit of amazement to this fine specimen of frozen dessert right now, which really doesn’t need anybody’s introduction to be quite honest…
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CHEWY LAYERED ROTI + KICKASS DIP
” …WHOPPING 90% HYDRATION… SPRUNG LIBERATED OUT OF THE FOUNTAIN OF SECRET DOUGHS “ [ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end] ALTHOUGH extremely rare, there are recipes that seem theoretically impossible at first, but somehow just come smooth-sailing under the first trial. They make recipe-developers feel invincible even just temporarily, like the lighthouse of success glowing just over the foreseeable shore.…
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WOODLAND FIRE SICHUAN-HUMMUS
“Tonight… LET’S SET THE WORLD ON FIRE” I guess… it really isn’t a secret what unnecessary gimmicks I’ve been occupying myself with in the last couple days. Hello, my name is Mandy and I’m a theme-aholic. In fact, I’m a theme-aholic who also happens to be, tech-intolerant. Like an alcoholic who’s allergic to alcohol, an…
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MULTI-LAYERED SCALLION FLAT BREADS
Do you have things that you tried and tried and tried making, and it. Just. Doesn’t. Work? In the kitchen, I call them my culinary nemesis, and they can be summed up by two words, “chewy” and “layers”. You whisper these words to my ears in the middle of the night… I pee my pants.
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THANKSGIVING ROUX BREAD
For the innocent sake of running an adequate food-blog, I’ve been slowly sucked down to a rabbit hole passing the disorienting stage of flying pies and falling biscuits, deep down to the world of cultivating gas-farting micro-organism on my kitchen counter (quite deep when you actually think about it). My falling journey has brought to you…
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summer and couscous in istanbul
I’m never much of a person of faith and spirituality. Evidently since Jason and I started slowly leaving our footprints around the world, we left an obvious trail seeking gastronomic truth instead of spiritual babble, pinning destinations on the map not for the yearning to hear the echoes bouncing off the cold marbles of St.…
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Improved Smoked Cheese Risotto
I have a severe case of post-vacation depression. NOT that I don’t miss my kids achingly on each and every trip, and want to tell’em about places where they could potentially live in the next life where they’d be allowed into every eateries (woof!) and crumbs shops PATISERIES (woof! woooof!). But for reasons beyond me,…
