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CATEGORY: ‘Rice/Noodle/Starches’

‘Nduja Carbonara

03 Jul, 2017

Andrew Carmellini’s recipe for an ‘Nduja carbonara or “Calabrian Carbonara” in a recent Food & Wine Magazine was the tipping point to hunt down the ingredient from Italy and see what it was like.

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An “Expired” Pasta a la Marketman…

01 Nov, 2016

We discovered a few cans of De Cecco tomatoes that had just passed their expiry date.

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Puto Balanghoy / Steamed Cassava Cake with Coconut

10 Aug, 2016

“OMG, that’s so clever, so earnest, so simple, but so darned good.”

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After publishing that post on a wonderful street side pad thai from Bangkok a few days ago, I made two batches of pad thai at home, and realize it is an easy dish to master, customize and make one’s own.

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Thai Fried Rice

31 Jul, 2016

“Takaw mata” is a great Filipino phrase.

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The Best Pad Thai I Have Ever Eaten…

30 Jul, 2016

Over several decades, I have tried at least 100 different pad thais around the world, and at least 20 of them were consumed in Bangkok, but without a doubt, this particular pad thai was the most memorable, and in my opinion, the best pad thai I have EVER eaten.

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Oxtail “Ragu” a la Marketman

04 Apr, 2016

I had three precious packages of oxtails that I had been meaning to turn into an Indonesian “Sop Buntot” or oxtail soup, but weeks had passed and I never got around to it.

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