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Hainanese Chicken Rice

August 20, 2009
Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe

It’s not everyday that you get an email from a reader asking to be an intern.
A free intern.
Hell yeah!
*eyes sparkling* rubbing hands together…Will she do dishes? Laundry? Scrub the floors?
Uh…yeah…prob not. She said “intern” not “housecleaner.”
Well, okay, but STILL! Someone to go through my spam, read comments, correct my spelling, ghost comment on other blogs. [...]

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Grilled Whole Fish with Chili Soy Dipping Sauce

May 28, 2009
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Slideshow shows step by step: how to grill whole fish:

I have yet to go fishing in the local waters here, well okay maybe I need to count the time I friend Judy took me and the kids to the state park. We used squirmy worms as bait on their kiddie fishing poles and caught fish [...]

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Crock Pot Pho (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup)

May 4, 2009
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It’s no secret that good Pho broth requires a gazillion hours of simmering time. Time that I just don’t have. Tony, a boyfriend from a lifetime ago, told me his Dad used to simmer giant vats of pho broth overnight for his little pho restaurant in Houston. So, one day, I thought it would be [...]

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Thai Chicken Coconut Soup (Tom Ka Gai)

April 19, 2009
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So a couple of weeks ago I was chatting online with one of my friends who has a food blog but doesn’t go by her real name so that she can hide her real identity. Because you know, food blogging is so much sexier when you’re STEALTH blogging. She said some people, herself included [...]

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Club Med Salsa Mexicana and Guacamole

November 2, 2008

(click on the above photo for a slideshow of 11 photos with food photography/styling commentary)
While at Club Med Ixtapa, I ate more chips, salsa mexicana and guacamole than possible for a person my size. A big plate like this accompanied almost every single one of my meals – breakfast, lunch and midnight snack. It was [...]

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