Cookbooks – Page 25 – Fennel*Twist

October 28, 2009

Roasted Fennel-Spiced Pork Tenderloin with Sage-Lemon Vinaigrette

Okay, this is seriously the best thing I have done with a pork tenderloin in like, years. Oh my god. Make this now. It was so good in fact, that I didn't even get a decent picture of it for the title shot here. I just took it to the table and that was the …

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September 29, 2009

Grilled Chicken with Fresh Fig Salsita

This is one of those meals that is so simple yet so good, that you can't believe you didn't make it before or that you don't have it for dinner a few nights per week. It's from The New Spanish Table and I promise, the next few posts WILL NOT be from that cookbook. Really. …

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September 23, 2009

Spanish Paella for a Crowd

I combined a couple of recipes here -- one of the Paella recipes in the (awesome) New Spanish Table cookbook, a paella recipe from Tyler Florence and I also used the meat I wanted to -- chicken thighs, chorizo and shrimp, rather than the exact ones in either recipe. You could throw all manner of …

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September 17, 2009

Cooking from Northern Exposure (Part I)

Okay, here is where I admit my love of Northern Exposure, at least until that other doctor came to town and Joel moved into the woods or whatever the hell that was. And, do you believe it -- Portland is only a 4.5 4 hour drive from Roslyn, WA, where Northern Exposure was filmed?! And …

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July 29, 2009

Spicy & Satisfying Asian Scallop Soup

I like this recipe a lot because you can substitute with abandon. No fish stock? Use chicken or vegetable! No lime leaves? Use some zest. It continues on like that...I've made this once with all the right ingredients and once with a lot of substitutions and both turned out delicious. They didn't taste exactly the …

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