January 2012
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Chinese New Year, an ancestral tradition.
Living in China, I think it is a must for me to recognize and talk about Chinese New Year. The most popular and very important event in Chinese Holidays.
It is known here as “Spring Festival”, one must ask himself why spring festival as it is usually celebrated between January and February every year. Well, simply because of the Chinese calendar which start with “Lichun” the first of the 24...
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Endice and Walnut tart
Here is a great VEGAN idea if you follow this diet.
i came up with this idea once as we had a customer at the restauraant who was a vegan. As vegan food is not really my forte, i had to look around and come up with a whole sets of menu to be able to accomodate him. It went all pretty good.
here below is the recipe:
Endives 8 units...
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50 days worth of Breakfast!
theurbaneater:
I love breakfast and Foodnetwork.com has a wonderful list of quick and easy breakfast that I just had to share. below is the pick of number 10. Check out the others below or go HERE.
1. Basic Pancakes Whisk 1 1/2 cups flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Whisk 1 1/4 cups milk, 1/2 stick melted butter,2 eggs and a little vanilla, then...
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Thought on a Signature Dish!
A couple of days ago I was in a meeting at the Parkyard Hotel restaurant. This is where I am the executive chef so I have to stay nearby to oversee operations. My business associate ordered his food and he was very impressed by the presentation of it all. Out of the blue, he asked me about my signature dish.
Suddenly, I realized that with all of my culinary experiences and travels that I didn’t...
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Foodiefy: Bread-Baking Cheat Sheet: 13 Bread Terms... →
foodiefy:
Photography: Donna Currie
This isn’t a complete list and the definitions have been simplified, but it should help make reading just a little easier.
Autolyze: Resting the dough after the first mixing of flour and water. Things happen in the dough (the flour hydrates and gluten develops)…
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VARIETIES OF PASTA
foodiefy:
here is a very detailed pasta chart from a foodie blogger @foodiefy
LONG PASTA
SHORT PASTA
SHORT PASTA
MINUTE PASTA (PASTINA, PASTA USED FOR SOUPS)
FRESH PASTA
PASTA ALL’UOVO (EGG PASTA)
PASTA AL FORNO (USED FOR BAKED PASTA DISHES)
source: pasta charts are from www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta
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50 foods that define the Philippines →
geloreyes:
I have eaten most of the food listed in the article but there were other foods that are still unfamiliar to me. I want to try those foods this year like the Kamaro and Betute. But here are some of the foods that I already tried.
Adobo
Boneless Crispy Pata from Mesa
Chicken Inasal from Bacolod Chicken House
Bulalo from Rose & Grace in Batangas
Spicy...
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Foodiefy: 13 Cheeses Everyone Should Know →
foodiefy:
Where do you even begin when it comes to fancy cheeses? Which are mild, and which are stinky? Which will melt well on my burger and which is better appreciated off a cheeseboard with a smear of good honey?
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For each cheese in this list, we’ll talk a bit about the following features:
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The Hungry Dudes: Bacon wrapped eggs with goat... →
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Bacon wrapped eggs with goat cheese.
Who wants to come over for breakfast?
I suppose you could make your own:
Partially cook bacon til a little brown but not crisp. Lay on paper towel to dry a little
Preheat oven to 400* and spray pan with a little nonstick spray.
wrap browned bacon…
brilliant idea
