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4 Days in Taipei, Taiwan
We spent the last leg of our Asia trip exploring Ray's motherland, Taiwan. The little island country is known for its street food and small eats, like xiao long bao "XLB" (soup dumplings) and beef...
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Mini Dark Chocolate Banana Bread Donuts
The other day, my co-worker Nancy brought in a super yummy homemade banana bread. It was moist and soft, not overly sweet and loaded with banana flavor. However, while I like eating banana bread, I'm...
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Fu Hang Dou Jiang
Fu Hang Dou Jiang (阜杭豆漿) 2/F Hua Shan Market 108 Zhongxiao East Road, Section 1, Taipei CityUponarrival in Taipei, our first order of business was for some authentic Taiwanese breakfast. Our friends...
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Mini Salted Caramel-Dipped Apples
Another super yummy fall recipe, just in time for all the Thanksgiving festivities! I stumbled upon these mini apples at Whole Foods this week and knew I had to snatch them up quick - these tend to...
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Taiwanese Spaghetti
We've been on a Taiwanese food kick lately, with our favorites being the pork chop rice at Old Country Cafe, breakfast at JJ's and Four Seas and random hole-in-the-walls that serve up tasty noodles and...
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EMP Pistachio Coconut Granola
During our Labor Day trip to NYC, we were super excited to visit one of our favorite restaurants, Eleven Madison Park. After another unforgettable meal that remains to be blogged, we were given a jar...
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Peameal Bacon Sandwich, St. Lawrence Market, Carousel Bakery
Carousel BakerySt. Lawrence Market93 Front Street EToronto, ONM5E 1C3http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/vendors/vendor_detail/56No trip to Toronto would be complete without a visit to one of the city's...
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Cook's Illustrated Best Blueberry Muffins
If you google "best blueberry muffins," you will, without a doubt, come across this recipe for the Best Blueberry Muffins in the 2009 May edition of the Cook's Illustrated food magazine. The recipe has...
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Babbo's Almond Olive Oil Cake
If I had known how yummy homemade olive oil cakes are, I would have started making them along time ago! The olive oil, used in place of the standard cake fats like butter and canola oil, imparts a more...
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Cauliflower Purée
For Thanksgiving this year, I tried a bunch of new dishes, with the goal of keeping the food as "healthy" as possible. The first thing I did was replace our standard bacon mashed potatoes with this...
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Baked Kale with Gruyère
I am always on the lookout for new kale recipes to try. I found this one on the Food and Wine website while perusing for healthier Thanksgiving recipes. Kale is sauteed with onions, garlic and shallots...
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Bi-Rite's Orange Cardamom Ice Cream
I love this ice cream! I had my first taste during a recent trip to San Francisco. I hadn't planned on getting any as I was only accompanying friends that wanted some of Bi-Rite's ever-so-popular...
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Jaleo's Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad
We instantly fell in love with this warm salad the first time we had it at Jose Andres's restaurant Jaleo in Las Vegas. Every time we go back for dinner, we always make sure this dish is part of our...
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My Favorite Mac & Cheese
I've been meaning to share my favorite mac & cheese recipe for some time now. But for some reason, every time it comes out of the oven, we always end up digging in before a picture is snapped. This...
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Puff Pastry Almond Tea
One of our favorite things to order at dim sum is this steaming hot almond tea, served in a tall bowl with baked puff pastry stretched across the top. You use your spoon to break open the puff,...
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Fogo de Chao Brazilian Bread
My favorite thing to eat at Fogo de Chao is their cheesy bread, or Pão de Queijo. The bread is crunchy on the outside and chewy in the center. The texture is similar to mochi, thanks to the use of...
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Pea & Mushroom Risotto
We had our first taste of homemade risotto during a recent Mammoth trip - Drunken Risotto to be exact, courtesy of Rachel Ray. It was delicious and I was super excited to try the recipe at home. After...
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Green Tea Black Sesame Fortune Cookies
With the Chinese New Year around the corner, fortune cookies are a fun and yummy way to ring in the new year with some hand-written well wishes for prosperity, good health, luck and wealth. I found...
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Thai-Style Coconut Shrimp Polenta
We've recently developed a love for polenta, an Italian dish made from cornmeal and served up in various shapes and forms. The most basic is the "mush", which is basically cornmeal cooked in...
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The Best Cornbread Ever
During our recent NYE trip up to the Bay, we made a last-minute decision to go to Town Hall for dinner, where we had the most deliciously addicting jalepeno cornbread, baked in a corn ear-shaped iron...
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Lemon Kale Pasta
This is one of my favorite go-to weekday recipes for a yummy meal. Lemon and kale go hand and hand, like peanut butter and jelly. The tart acid breaks down the tough fibers and masks the bitterness of...
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Sea Urchin Bruschetta (Uni Toast)
My first taste of sea urchin or uni was a rather blah experience. Maybe it was the weird, creamy texture or the briny-sweet-salty flavor combination but I just couldn't get myself to like it. Ray...
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Homemade English Muffins
Nothing brings back more childhood memories for me than an english muffin. From my elementary school's white cheese filled-one to the butter & apple mint jelly topped muffins we ate in Mr. Robles's...
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Willie Mae's Scotch House
2401 St Ann St New Orleans, LA 70119http://www.yelp.com/biz/willie-maes-scotch-house-new-orleans Our version of the "holy grail" of food is to find and eat the "best" version of a dish. While in our...
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Laura Bush's Cowboy Cookies
Of late, Pinterest has been my go-to source for fun food and craft ideas. Looking at all the pretty pictures helps me decide if a recipe is worth tackling (the exact reason why I don't care for...
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