According to Carolyn, who studied abroad in Spain, the Spanish name for this dish is: moros y cristianos. I studied in Hong Kong, so I am going to trust her on this. A little bit of googling seems to back up story. This is a great dish to make on Sunday, because you end up […]
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So I had a crazy dinner idea a couple of nights ago: Baked Egg Bread! … ( or maybe Egg Bread Bowl ) The thought was to combine my Baked Eggs with the “Egg McMuffin” recipe. Instead of using the muffin tray from the Egg Muffins, I made it in the ramekins from the Baked […]
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One of the challenges with having a condo in the city is finding a way to grill. This becomes very apparent on grill centric holidays like Memorial & Labor Day. Luckily for DCiates like us, Cafe Saint Ex come to the rescue. On Memorial day they have a Chili Cook-off and on Labor day they […]
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Considering I went to college in Hartford, CT it is crazy that it took 10 years and a wedding on the CT coast to get me to try some real New Haven pizza. I wish I had tried to sooner, when it would have been a short road trip away. New Haven style pizza, refereed […]
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As you may know, we kind of have a thing for Saveur Magazine… heck we based our Thanksgiving around their Lamb Rules issue. My uncle even shot photos for one of their articles on goat cheese. Well, you will be happy to hear that they have returned the love and featured our Pickled Zucchini post […]
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So Saturday night, I was ideally staring out the window, ponder what to make for dinner… when I spotted the Red Hook Lobster truck! They are the latest Truck in the DC food cart scene, serving up delicious Lobster & Shrimp rolls. I rushed over to Twitter to find their destination (hashtag = @redhooklobster ) […]
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With all the bacon loving going on, I surprised it has taken me so long to come across bacon made out of something else besides pork. I found lamb bacon recently at the most excellent White House Farmers’ Market. Pancetta is an Italian style of bacon. Unlike American bacon, it is not smoked and instead […]
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There is no reason a summer soup can’t be hearty… and this soup is! Between the beans and the chorizo, you’ve got a meal in a bowl. The spiciness from the sausage and the lightness of the broth keep it from weighing you down though. While soup may not be the first thing that comes […]
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So I bet you wonder whatever happened to Garden? Good thing you have asked, it is doing pretty well. We got a late start to planting so we went with what was still in stock at the garden center. We planted 4 tomato plants, 3 basil plants, 3 pickling cucumber plants and a bunch of […]
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If you haven’t figured it out by now, we sort of think Jose Andres is awesome. A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to catch a talk given by Jose Andres & Vint Cerf (the guy who helped invent the internet). The talk was at Google DC, the place were Vint works, and […]
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