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Beauty and the "beet" – Beet and herbed feta cheese tower on a rucola fava bean salad with mint vinaigrette

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16 years ago
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La belle et la bette(rave) – Mille feuille de betteraves à la feta et salade de fèves, vinaigrette à la menthe Anytime I go to the Rainbow in San Francisco, I cannot resist to buy all the vegetables I see, they are so colorful, and fresh that I want to buy them all, if I had a bigger [...]
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Kumquat chutney – Chutney de kumquats

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16 years ago
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I love those tiny oval oranges, that taste more like bitter orange (orange amere) than a regular orange since you can eat the peel, the bitterness comes from the peel so you get a stronger “orangy” flavor than regular oranges. They originally come from Malaysia or China and can be grown in pots [...]
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Black is always chic – Squid ink spaghetti with zucchini tagliatelle, shrimps, crab and sea scallops on spicy tomato base

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16 years ago
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  Il nero rimane  sempre chic – Spaghetti al nero di seppia con tagliatelle di zucchine, gamberi, granchio, e capesante con sugo di pomodoro Lucca Ravioli, the Italian grocery store, on Valencia do carry occasionally black ink in small little bags. This time, they didn’t have any in stock so I [...]
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Silvia and the King – Crab salad with grapefruit, belgian endives, avocado and citrus vinaigrette

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16 years ago
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Silvia et le Roi – Salade de crabe, pamplemousse, endives, avocat et  grenade avec vinaigrette d’agrumes Lately I have been going crazy with all the beautiful king crab legs you can buy anywhere, it’s crab season and I am not going to miss this. I had crab about three times this week and I will [...]
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Who came first? The fennel or the egg – Fennel and tomato stew with capers and egg

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16 years ago
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Qui est arrive avant, le fenouil ou l’oeuf?  Blanquette de fenouil et tomates aux capres et oeuf mollet A lot of people are not very fond of vegetables because they only think about the traditional way of cooking them….steamed or sauté. Even though steaming is a very healthy way to cook, but it [...]
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In Argentina, shrimps are queens – Shrimp canapes on grilled sweet potato toasts with chimichurri sauce

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16 years ago
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En Argentine, les crevettes sont reines – Crevettes sur canapés de patates douces grillées et sauce chimichurri It’s holiday season, therefore the perfect time for entertaining…I love that part of the year, have friends over, celebrating and making special treats for anyone who comes visit. [...]
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My yellow baby – Saffron baby basmati rice with tofu, red peppers and peas

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16 years ago
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Mon bébé tout jaune – Riz basmati nain au saffran avec tofu, poivrons et petits pois  The first time I saw baby basmati rice, was at the wonderful San Francisco grocery store, the Rainbow. It is one of my favorite stores in the city, not because of all the imported and organic products, or spices, [...]
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Did you just say green? – Asparagus velouté with king crab meat

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16 years ago
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Vous avez dit vert? Velouté d’asperges au crabe You can tell it’s crab season, many supermarkets in San Francisco are filled with the most beautiful crabs, Kings crab legs, full crabs. There is nothing better to eat than seasonal products, you get very “meaty” legs, full and flavorful. Since I was [...]
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The squash that thinks it's a spaghetti – Spaghetti squash with a garlic tomato sauce and basil

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16 years ago
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La courge qui se prend pour un spaghetti – Courge spaghetti à la tomate, ail et basilic One day, there was a squash that was convinced it was a spaghetti and started to behave like one. The good think is, it had all the properties of a vegetable, because truly it was one, so very low in calories, [...]
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For those who don’t like spinach – Spicy spinach, mushrooms and feta pancakes topped with smoked salmon with yogurt chive sauce

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16 years ago
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Pour ceux qui n’aiment pas les épinards – Galettes d’epinards, champignons et feta saumon fumé et sauce au yaourt, ciboulette I know spinach is not the most popular vegetable among many French people. Maybe the way it’s prepared in France has left them with a bad childhood memory, many kids just [...]
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