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March 4, 2012

Miso-Ginger Clam Chowder with Cilantro Oil

This...was really good. I feel like I had to futz with it a little bit to get it where I wanted it, but once I did, it was awesome. I added ginger and a little fish sauce. Also a drop or two of chili oil for garnish. When making this, use the basic recipe as …

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March 1, 2012

Southeast Asian Steak Salad

In lieu of French Fridays with Dorie this week, which sounded delicious of course, I've opted instead to post about this awesome steak salad I made for dinner the other night. As someone who eats red meat pretty rarely (maybe a couple of times a month), I like to make it count. Kind of exactly …

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February 25, 2012

FFwD: Cheese-Topped Onion Soup

French Fridays with Dorie this week, er, yesterday was for a French Onion type of soup. I have made a variation of this before, but I was very curious as to how it would work with chicken broth (I used beef broth before). And, in fact, this time I used "No-Chicken Broth", so it was …

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February 16, 2012

FFwD: Mussels (and Shrimp) and Chorizo with Pasta

This week's French Fridays with Dorie involved mussels, which I am not always a huge fan of (although the mussels at Place Pigalle in Seattle are unbelievably delicious), but generally, aside from those, I can take or leave mussels. That being the case, I used about 1/2 pound mussels and a 1/2 pound shrimp for …

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February 12, 2012

Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings (a la pok pok)

Now this was a true kitchen experiment. I really had no idea how it was going to turn out -- spoiler alert: it was awesome! I came across the Pok Pok recipe for Ike's Fish Sauce Wings in Food & Wine magazine a few months ago and thought, "oh, wow. I need to try making …

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