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Lobster Primavera Risotto
Making risotto takes practice. Lots of practice and trial and error. There’s so many versions of it that I can make but I always stick to the seafood risotto. This time, I wanted to include more vegetables and change up the broth. I was watching CreateTV and Martha Stewart was doing a cooking class on…
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Chorizo Pepper Salad
Finally, I made it through the chorizo! While making the lobster chorizo stir fry, I had several leftover ingredients. With those ingredients, I made a batch of chorizo pepper salad for lunch and dinner the next day.
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Lobster Chorizo Stir Fry
For the past week, New York City seems to have been encased in an ice box. With Friday’s light snow gripping the frozen cement, the weekend was an excuse to stay in bed and keep warm. However, that wasn’t to be so. Sunday morning was the New York Half Marathon and since my boyfriend decided…
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Lamb Chorizo Dirty Rice Mix
This past weekend, which was absolutely beautiful compared this week which has been below freezing (I’m thankful there has been no snow, which would have made the work week miserable), my roommate and I were planning to go to a knitting store down by Union Square. When we got out the train, the smell of…
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Baked Pine-nut Encrusted Tilapia
After attending cooking class at Rustico where I learned how to make pine nut crusted branzino, I really wanted to create more dishes with that technique. I don’t have branzino but I always have a stash of tilapia around so I decided to make a simple dinner with those pine nuts thought in mind.
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Cooking Class: Italian Riviera
After visiting Italy (mostly the north), I was very excited to find a class that offered focaccia making as part of the recipe. And the most exciting thing was that the class was next door to my work. Rustico Cooking is a small cooking class but over 30 people showed up for the class. Upon…
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Mint Lemongrass Shrimp Soup
My mother used to make me this mint shrimp lemongrass soup when I was younger so I would stay hydrated. It’s not fattening and the soup is simple enough to make.
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Mint Tea
Mint tea is something I’ve grown to love whenever I go to a Moroccan restaurant, specifically Cafe Mogador. My friend showed me it’s really simple to make and you can make it hot or cold depending on season.
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Snow Crab and Asparagus Risotto
I am one of those typical Asians who grew up eating rice all my life. I could not imagine not having rice for an entire week. When I went to Italy for over two weeks, all I had was pasta and meat and I was getting homesick and tired of the food. When I finally…
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