Category: Recipes

RECIPE: Cajun Chicken Salad & Difference Between Cajun & Creole

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Top: Cajun Chicken Salad on a Martin’s potato roll. Bottom: Martin prefers a food-processor blended chicken salad, which is so creamy it can be used as a spread. We prefer chunky chicken salad.   Our favorite chicken salad recipe includes sliced grapes and almonds and dried cherries or cranberries in a curry mayonnaise. But we…
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RECIPE: Eggplant & Tomatoes With Indian Seasonings

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Eggplant and tomato dishes have found their way into world cuisines: ratatouille and tian in France; caponata from Sicily; Middle Eastern eggplant, tomato and chickpea casserole; among so many others. In this recipe, Maya Kaimal, the doyenne of fine prepared Indian foods in the U.S., adds layers of flavor with Indian spices. Slices of fried…
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Fritos Chili Pie Recipe For National Chili Day & The Oscars

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[1] Frito Chili Pie from Frito-Lay. [2] Country Living Magazine suggests making individual servings in Mason jars (photo © Country Living Magazine). [3] RealMomKitchen.com made the prettiest version (photo © Real Mom Kitchen). [4] In Pillsbury’s elegant version, the chili pie is baked as a casserole. Here’s the recipe (photo © Pillsbury).   Back in…
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Many Strawberry Recipes & Strawberry Holidays To Celebrate

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[1] Strawberry and thyme ice cubes. The recipe is below (photo © Shari’s Berries). [2] February 27th is National Strawberry Day, March 21st is National California Strawberry Day, and May is National Strawberry Month (photo © California Strawberry Commission). [3] September 28th is National Strawberry Cream Pie Day. Here’s the recipe (photo © Delicious |…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Agrodolce & Gastrique

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If you watch Top Chef, you’ve heard the term gastrique (gas-TREEK). While it sounds like the French word for gastric system*, it’s actually a sweet and sour sauce, similar to the Italian sauce agrodolce (agro-DOLE-chay, meaning sour [agro] and sweet [dolce]).   Gastrique and agrodolce have a broad use: as sauces for meat, poultry, fish,…
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