Lime-Garlic Aïoli

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Lime-Garlic AïoliThis is a nice alternative to tartar sauce.  It’s wonderful served on the side of a grilled salmon filet….mmmmm!  I usually serve this with Calamari Frita or Fried Calamari Rings.  It is also excellent as a marinade for chicken.  Continue reading

Thai-Pineapple Chile Sauce

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Thai-Pineapple Chile SauceThis is a nice little sauce to have on hand.  It’s positively delicious with fish of any kind, but it’s decent with chicken fingers, Fried Calamari or drizzled over pork.  You can vary the fruit, but I love this combination.  Continue reading

Calamari Frita (Fried Calamari)

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Calamari Frita (Fried Calamari) with Dipping SaucesIf there’s calamari on the menu, The Goddess will be ordering some.  Calamari, when well prepared, is a feast to behold.  Crispy on the outside, a slight sweetness and meltingly tender on the inside.  Delicious. Continue reading

Sushi Bowl (or Deconstructed Sushi)

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Sushi Bowl (or Deconstructed Sushi)I was thinking about making sushi, but just didn’t get myself organized enough to manage that.  This is sushi, but “unrolled” or deconstructed—layers of flavor.  This is fork food.  Chopsticks won’t work too well here, but the flavors are deliciously sushi.  Continue reading

Prairie Chili with Beans

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Prairie Chili with BeansThe weather outside is frightful!  Chili is just this thing to take a bite out of the cold.  I know we’ve explored Chili with all the Good Stuff! in the past.  Though similar, this version is much closer to the chili my mother made, out there on the Prairie.  I make us sound like the Wilder’s from “Little House on the Prairie”, don’t I?  However, I don’t recall that they made chili!  Continue reading

Hummus with Pumpkin and Roasted Pepper

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Hummus with Pumpkin and Roasted PepperI was going to call this Autumn Hummus, but really, what does that tell you?  Nada!  The pumpkin and roasted peppers are there, but they are subtle.  Not front flavors at all.  And it’s very festive-looking.  Continue reading

Paprika-Caraway Cheese Spread

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Paprika-Caraway Cheese SpreadI won’t even pretend this is a Liptauer-like cheese spread.  Because, it isn’t that.  I think we can assume its roots live there, but it matters not.  It’s truly delightful schmeared on a bagel.  Continue reading

Roasted Cauliflower with Pears and Bleu Cheese

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Pears and bleu cheese have a natural affinity for each other.  They are a perfect pair (pun intended!), so to speak.  But, you might be rather surprised to learn that they’re also up for a threesome, with that sexy minx, cauliflower.  Continue reading

Oyster Stew with Spinach and Tarragon

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Oyster Stew with Spinach and TarragonTradition!  Tradition!  Can you hear the music soaring?  Can you see the fiddler on the roof?  Well, Oyster Stew was a New Year’s Eve tradition in my home.  It was a simple version—butter, finely minced onion, whole milk, heavy cream, oyster and their liquor and heaps of black pepper…any oyster crackers.  Simple and simply delicious.  Continue reading

Prime Rib Perfection

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Prime Rib Perfection with Béarnaise SauceEveryone should know how and feel comfortable making Prime Rib…It is Perfection!  The process for this “perfection”, is what’s referred to as a “reverse sear”.  It produces an incredibly delicious slab of meat.  We’re talking salivatingly delicious.  Continue reading