I'm on a quick weeknight dinner kick. Despite being quick, these wraps pack a lot of flavor. I started with a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store for convenience and whipped these up in no time. Don't skip any of the components -- the heat of the radish, peppery crunch of cold arugula, and rich blue cheese struck a surprisingly nice balance. ( Read more... )

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Made a soup for a rainy day last night, thought I'd share a picture with you guys. Go to my blog (thewideworldoffood.wordpress.com) if you want the recipe/commentary. Anyways, here it is...


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One person's exotic foreign delicacy is someone else's home cooking (and vice versa); food blogger Kitchen Butterfly's recipe for a favorite comfort soup from her native Nigeria serves as both a precise tutorial for people in the former camp and an expatriate's paean to the Taste of Home for those in the latter.

Rain dropping on my window panes, ( Read more... )

When the weather gets cold and rainy (as it does in Seattle... kind of a lot), the first thing that comes to mind is: stew! I was reading American Gods and at some point the main character eats stew, and I thought: That sounds really good right now. For some reason, even though I usually prefer beef stew, this time I felt like having chicken stew ( Read more... )

Will I ever tire of trying to make good fried chicken in the oven? It seems unlikely. Hope springs eternal, after all, and making one of my favorite foods healthier is a labor of gastronomic love.


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