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Express (aka Quick!) Golden Portuguese Bean Soup - January 6, 2011
A quick nutritious soup!
Golden Portuguese Bean Soup Cook 1 pound thinly sliced chorizo, linguiça, or other garlic sausage in a 4-qt saucepan over medium-high heat until lightly browned. Add 1 minced large onion and cook until softened, about 5 …
Express (aka Quick!) Chicken Tortilla Soup - December 5, 2010
A very express (aka quick!) recipe for Chicken Tortilla Soup.
Chicken Tortilla Soup Combine 32-ounce chicken broth, 12-ounces cubed chicken, 1 c favorite salsa, 2 c corn, 1 can rinsed and drained black beans, 1/2 t chili powder and 1/4 …
Express (aka Quick!) Entrees Using Peanut Butter - December 2, 2010
Looking for delicious recipes that you can get on the table in under 15 minutes with little fuss, and big flavors. What follows are Peanut Butter (PB) recipes adapted from Express Lane Cooking®, my daily syndicated column. These originally posted …
Express (aka Quick!) Soup Recipes - November 26, 2010
Here are a few recipes for you, adapted from my Express Lane Cooking® column recipes. Each one uses a 32-ounce container, preferably Swanson Organic Chicken Broth. These originally posted when we featured Swanson Organic Chicken Broth
Bangkok Chicken & Rice …
Cannellini Bean Recipes - October 14, 2010
Beans have a well-deserved reputation of being the musical fruit–that is, unless you eat them regularly.
The following recipes using cannellini beans are from by “Beans” cookbook and were originally posted on a review of Progresso cannellini beans here.
I’m …
Apolo Ohno’s Curry Potato Soup - May 17, 2010
“The New Book of Soups” by the Culinary Institute of America - March 19, 2010
The Culinary Institute of America (the food CIA) has updated one of their cookbooks to create The New Book of Soups (Lebhar-Friedman $35.00) with over 160 new and improved, recipes created by the chefs at The CIA.
Here’s …
The Tasting Table agrees with me as to their favorite Corkbuzz dish: the buttery bowl of bucatini with Brussels sprouts and chile oil. They like it with a glass of Trimbach Riesling Reserve with it — which is why they …
Read MoreEven if you don’t watch Mad Men, you’ve heard about the hot series based on life in the ‘60s and Don Draper, it’s lead character. The series is so hot that clothing styles and the cuisine and cocktails of …
Read MoreJust attended a “Destination DC’s 2012 New York Media Reception,” where I met Derek Brown, owner of the Columbia Room in Washington, D.C. He was serving a cocktail, made with Bowmore Single Malt Scotch —that was well blended, not too …
Read MoreChristina Verrelli’s Pumpkin Ravioli with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream was the winner of a million dollars at the Pillsbury Bakeoff last month in Orlando.
Martha Stewart announced all the winners live on her television show broadcast from the Bakeoff. Martha …
Read MoreIn a newsletter I received from Kardea Gourmet recently, I saw this simple recipe for chimichurri — an herb-oil sauce to add flavor to foods used widely in Argentina. Thought I’d share it!
Traditionally it’s used for grilled meats — …
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