Colorful recipes with seasonal food
In case I haven’t mentioned how much I love my church, Highrock, recently, here’s another reason: we recently had a fundraiser for the Tokyo Life Church called Highrocktoberfest. How awesome is that? In addition to a competition for the best home brew, there was also a chance to win a prize for the best cornbread. …
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After making a low country boil, I couldn’t not also do a clambake! A traditional New England clambake involves digging a pit in the sand, building a fire, adding rocks to the pit, covering them with seaweed, layering on the food, and then covering it all up with a tarp and waiting forever for it…
I have to admit that I’ve never actually had this when I was in Taiwan, but that doesn’t really matter. When I read about Tiny Urban Kitchen’s Taiwanese grilled corn, I knew I had to make it. I already had all the ingredients for the sauce, and corn was on sale for 12 for $1.97…
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The first time I heard of low country boil was when someone posted on reddit asking for a recipe. Intrigued, I looked it up to discover it was kind of like a clam bake, but with shrimp. Basically, you boil a large pot of water, douse it with Old Bay or crab boil (which apparently…
I think I first discovered tortilla soup at the Wolfgang Puck Café in Chicago O’Hare, and it soon became my go-to during layovers in Terminal 3. It’s relatively light and refreshing after a long flight but still filling enough to be a full meal for me. Of course, I always ask for extra tortilla strips…
I finally got some corn in my Boston Organics delivery and knew immediately that I wanted to make this ice cream. Growing up in Ohio has its share of pros and cons, but one of the perks is being able to buy sweet corn in the summer from roadside stands. You can actually see the…
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