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CATEGORY: ‘Vegetable/Salads’

Cicoria alla Romana – Roman-Style Sauteed Chicory/Dandelion Leaves

19 Jun, 2017

This is one case where BITTER is definitely BETTER.

Dinner for a “Balikbayan” Highschool Classmate…

11 Sep, 2016

A very tall white brunette, who was born in Manila to a British father, who later voluntarily opted to take on Filipino citizenship because he loved the country that much, and an American mother.

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Sigadilyas Salad a la Marketman

30 Aug, 2016

I love to find fresher, lighter preparations for some locally available vegetables, a refusal to believe that we just don’t have that many vegetable-based dishes in our repertoire in the Philippines.

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Full-Service Water Chestnut Vendor…

17 Aug, 2016

We were in the middle of the most ginormous wholesale mall on the planet in Yiwu, China.

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Marketman’s Vegetable Soup

09 Jun, 2016

I have written about vegetable soup before, but without firm recipes, as mine changes with whatever is in the fridge or I find in the market.

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Seafood Sunday a la Marketman

21 Feb, 2016

Seafood Sunday seems like a good idea.

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Helping to Bring Something “New” to Market… Pea Tendrils!

10 Sep, 2015

A few weeks after we returned from our South African Safari mid-2014, I was speaking with Gejo Jimenez of Malipayon Farms when he dropped by to make a delivery of greens, and I mentioned that I had noticed so many pea shoots used as a garnish on snazzy dishes in Cape Town.

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