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braciole di pollo

March 8, 2010

Recently I entered Perdue’s Verifiably Good Video Contest where I submitted my Braciole di Pollo with Parmesan Herb Polenta and a Roasted Tomato Puree. In preparing this dish I drew inspiration from my childhood, as my mother would make a more traditional braciole using beef and a filling of cheese and bread crumbs.

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creamy tomato bisque and paninis

February 21, 2010

On our fifth date I made my wife a somewhat elaborate dinner and afterwards she informed me that she would never be able to cook for me.
When I said that I was going to make dinner she wasn’t sure what to expect. She really enjoyed dinner, but would later tell me that she would [...]

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dark chocolate covered puffs with orange scented cream

February 1, 2010

The other day over on my fatherhood blog I was talking about my obsession with making different things using Pate a Choux after learning about it over on Michael Ruhlman’s blog. I figured that it would be a go opportunity to fire up the video camera and make some cream puffs filled with an [...]

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risotto style pasta with shrimp and spinach

December 8, 2009

Risotto is a style or method of cooking that is typically made with arborio rice, but risotto dishes can be crafted out of a number of different starches. Personally, I have made a risotto using barley in a pressure cooker before that was a good as any risotto I ever slaved over using arborio.
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thanksgiving rewind: apple & pecan smoked turkey

November 30, 2009

Over the next few days I’m going to be doing a quick review of my Thanksgiving culinary adventure. Today I’m going to start out with how I prepared the turkey. I had intended to smoke the turkey this year, however, I was the victim of an equipment malfunction.
Even though I ended up roasting the [...]

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savory potato flan

October 22, 2009

about a week ago i was looking for something different to serve with dinner. i had half a bag of Yukon Gold potatoes handy and i decided to reach back into my bag of tricks and prepare a savory potato flan to accompany our meal.
i had made a potato flan before, but that time [...]

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