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Category Archives: Food

Confit of tomatoes with tuna spread

14-Nov-09

These recipes from David Lebovitz can be served as an appetizer or as a light dinner, with some French or Italian bread, in a salad, or even with pasta.
This is Mediterranean gastronomy at its best!
Ingredients for the confit of tomatoes (preserved tomatoes):
- 1 kg / 2 pound tomatoes
- abundant olive oil
- black pepper
- salt
- 3 [...]

Beijing beef

25-Oct-09

Today we’ll do another good recipe from Blogchef…
I particularly like it because the beef stays tender and moist, because it contains yummy vegetables and because the sauce is delicious!
Ingredients:
- 750g / 1,65 pounds steak sliced into thin strips
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- vegetable oil
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 red bell pepper, I sliced it [...]

Alfajores con dulce de leche

10-Oct-09

I was introduced to alfajores by my Uruguayan and Argentinian family. These cookies exist in both a home-made version and an industrially manufactured version. Oddly enough, both versions have practically nothing in common.
Me, I like the home-made version, not only because it reminds me of my grandma and my aunts, but also because it has [...]

I’m back

10-Oct-09

Apologies to all for this long silence, it is due to an accumulation of circumstances
I’ll do my best to post more regularly from now on
cheers to all

Hummus

23-Jul-09

The gastronomy of the Near and Middle East is really something to explore. I can’t say I know much of it, but more often than not, whenever I try something new, I am quite pleasantly surprised.
Today we will recreate a quite popular sauce called hummus. Great with some pita bread and other appetizers.
Ingredients:
- 1 420g [...]