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Entries Tagged as 'Recipes, soups, stews, and gumbos'

Time in a gift bag

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s been dark in this corner of the blogosphere.  (Bad phrasing.  I know that spheres don’t have corners.)  I’d like to state that this silence is an act of solidarity with the striking writers’ guild.  It wouldn’t be true, but I’d like to state it anyway.  Because that sounds much more substantial than the real reason.
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Categories: Musings, rants, and whines · Recipes, meatless mains · Recipes, soups, stews, and gumbos · Staying After

Spicy Peanut Soup

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments

It always fascinates me that certain flavor combinations have such a definite geographic stamp.  For example, to me lemon and oregano says Greek and tomato and oregano says Italian.
Several years ago, we tried an African dish with tomato, peanuts, and hot pepper.  I don’t know how close to authentic this is, but the rich complex combination has become a new […]

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Categories: Recipes, soups, stews, and gumbos