Colorful recipes with seasonal food
If you’ve ever made Japanese curry rice from one of those store-bought curry blocks, you know how delicious and easy it is, but did you know it’s almost as easy to make it from scratch? And considering the palm oil, MSG, and preservatives used in the blocks, it’s probably a lot healthier to make your…
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I only needed one bite of the Portuguese Chicken Rice from Double Chin to know that I needed to figure out how to make it at home. I hadn’t even ordered it myself; my friend Alvin was nice enough to let a bunch of us try his, and I’m so grateful he did. Sadly, it’s…
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A few months ago my friend Ellen posted a gorgeous picture of the best roast chicken she had ever made and challenged us to name the technique she used to make it. From the picture, I knew immediately it was a spatchcocked chicken, and I’ve been wanting to try it ever since. Well, this weekend…
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