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Pork "Chili" Stew
View recipe: Pork "Chili" StewI’ve been away on vacation to the land of red earth and blue skies, where the food is hot and the people are easy-going – New Mexico. Incidentally, this means that I have been away from the kitchen and,…
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Shrimp Scampi My Way
View recipe: Shrimp Scampi My WayOnce long time ago we were visiting Lui-Lui, an Italian Pizzeria & Restaurant in New Hampshire. Recent immigrants and inexperienced out-eaters at that time, we had a vague understanding of local and international food. Dishes in the menu looked intriguing…
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Summer Eggplant and Tomato "Sandwich"
View recipe: Summer Eggplant and Tomato "Sandwich"Summer is around, and with everything blooming, growing and producing, one longs for something right from the garden. Eggplant is one of these fruit of agricultural labour that is particularly good during summer time. Winter eggplant that is grown and forced…
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Dolma – Delight in Grape Leaves
View recipe: Dolma – Delight in Grape LeavesMany times I heard about this dish and saw how to make it in cooking shows, but never endeavoured to cook it myself. Why? The answer is simple: grape leaves that are used in this recipe are not your regular easily…
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Chicken Tenders with Brussel Sprouts
View recipe: Chicken Tenders with Brussel SproutsAfter working day aggravated by a few errands around town, I had no time for intricate preparations. Besides, my empty stomach was already beginning to play its hungry overture. It’s good to plan ahead for such days, so from yesterday’s shopping I…
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Daikon Salad
View recipe: Daikon SaladThis favourite of ours was inspired by Asian salads that became popular in Russia in the 80-s. Korean salad, as we called it, was made mostly of carrots with the addition of garlic, red and black pepper, salt, white vinegar (there was nothing else…
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Fish "On a Pillow"
View recipe: Fish "On a Pillow"On Saturday I was woke up by thunderstorm , and couldn’t get back to full sleep after that. The gloomy and pouring day dawned upon Boston harbor. I dragged myself out of the bed, since this very Saturday, when…
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Lamb Tomato Soup
View recipe: Lamb Tomato SoupLast weekend New England was covered by a sudden heat wave. It was hot and humid, very much like in August, but not typical in the beginning of the spring. So my anticipation of cool refreshing lazy mornings faded…
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Stuffed Peppers, Spring Cabbage Salad
View recipe: Stuffed Peppers, Spring Cabbage SaladToday was one of those (relatively few) days, when I forsake all my youthful yearnings for extreme sports, shopping, museums, nightlife, and instead settle for a day of picture-perfect domesticity. I decided to take it to a relative extreme…
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White Grapefruit and Salmon Salad
View recipe: White Grapefruit and Salmon SaladCooking can be just about the food, or it can be a therapy: a release from a grueling day at work, or from the sadness that settles on you suddenly in a blanket of volcanic ash. And therapy it…















