With recipes for
Mashed Parsnips with Roasted Leeks and Nutmeg
Roasted Winter Vegetables with Basil Oil
Turnip, Potato and Parsnip Gratin
Clay Pot Curried Winter Vegetable Stew
Mashed Parsnips with Roasted Leeks and NutmegRoasted Winter Vegetables with Basil OilTurnip, Potato and Parsnip GratinClay Pot Curried Winter Vegetable...
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The following recipes are from “Matthew Kenney’s Mediterranean Cooking,” which Matthew Kenney and I wrote in 1997. My family and l like them so much, we have made them part of our annual Thanksgiving dinner ever since.
Baked Squash Soup with Nuts and Spices
3 tablespoons blanched almonds
3 tablespoons hazelnuts
3 tablespoons...
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When it comes to figs, Americans are of two minds. On one hand, one of America’s favorite cookies, the Fig Newton, is made with dried figs. On the other hand, comparatively few people have ever tasted fresh figs.
Somehow the popularity of fresh figs in the Mediterranean didn’t make its way to the United Sates with the wave of...
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As a name, alligator pear wouldn’t make it through the focus groups today. Nor would aguacate, which is what the Spanish called it when they couldn’t pronounce ahuacatl, Aztec for testicle. Thank God somebody came up with avocado. Beneath its leathery skin, the pear-shaped avocado has a buttery, sensuous fleshthat Americans...
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With recipes for
Pork Medallions and Plantains
Bananas Foster
Plantain and Lentil Stew
Banana Ice Cream with Bourbon
Handling bananas isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, even within the produce business. As a matter of fact, for every 100 people working in produce, maybe two are in bananas. Very few people know how to gas,...
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Though it didn’t happen very often, when my brothers, my sister or I didn’t clean our plates at dinner, Dad would threaten to lock us in the basement and feed us nothing but raw onions. Needless to say, raw onions were not at the top of our list of favorite foods. But that was before sweet onions.
Sweet or mild onions don’t...
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