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When I was growing up, my mom and I would often go to this restaurant called Greek Islands and I would always get a bowl of the egg-lemon-chicken soup -- avgolemeno. I started making a version of it last winter and I'm pretty happy with this recipe. Some of the recipes I found called for …

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Ah, recently, I made this for dinner (last Sunday night, to be exact). This one, like the pork loin, is an Emeril recipe. Again, not super-crazy about the show, but everything of his I've made has turned out pretty well! So, yay! for Emeril. I didn't change much except I listened to Alton Brown and …

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I have mentioned my love of risotto before -- mainly here and here -- and I'm sure there will be more references in the future too. But, this is one of my favorite risotto recipes, once again from the book, The Best 125 Meatless Main Dishes. I add sliced avocado to the top and substitute …

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Okay, this was pretty good! It was Thursday night, which means the big meal weekend was just around the corner (and does, in fact, start tonight). Because of that, I feel, Thursday meals should be moderately light. I look through the cabinet -- let's see, beans, chicken stock...hmmmm...soup? Why yes, some kind of soup would …

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Well, sometimes it does. I came across this recipe a number of years ago, back when I was trying to like tofu. Like really trying to like tofu. I've since come to the conclusion that I don't really like tofu all that much unless it tastes like something else and is creamy. So, I'm pretty …

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