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Vegetables & Fruit

Broccoli Beef Recipe

November 5, 2008

(click on the above for 11 more step-by-step food photography shots of the Broccoli Beef Recipe)
After moving out of the dorms in college, I found an apartment to share with 3 others. My job was to cook, and as long as what I put out on the dinner table was better than instant ramen, I [...]

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Warm Fig, Apple and Gorgonzola Flatbread

October 29, 2008

(click on photo for a set of 9 additional step-by-step photos on how I got this money shot)
While I love to make my own pizza or flatbread dough from scratch, sometimes I just don’t feel like getting my hands all messy with dough. I cheat a lot and buy packaged flatbreads from the supermarket and [...]

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Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Soy Browned Butter

October 19, 2008

(slideshow of 10 step-by-step photos that led up to the money-shot of the Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Soy Browned Butter)
My inbox is filled with emails from supporters of the “eating local” movement, urging people to consume food that is grown and produced in their local area. The movement is nothing new, for the past few [...]

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Durian Frozen Yogurt

August 7, 2008

Bourdain describes it as “…Your breath will smell as if you’d been French-kissing your dead grandmother.” Richard Sterling, travel/food writer: “… its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock….lovely, huh?….

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Pan Fried Pork and Shrimp Potstickers

July 27, 2008

In college, my friends and I used to get together once a month and have “Chinese Potsticker” parties. The kitchen would be prepped to create 3 big batches of Chinese potsticker filling and the dining table would be converted to our potsticker wrapping session.
We’d make hundreds of Chinese Potstickers. A small batch to enjoy that [...]

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