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Marinated Pan-Fried Salmon

June 28, 2010

Although I grew up in New England and have fond childhood memories of many regional treats like maple sugar candy, my family did not cook much fish.  Actually, truth be told, I did not even know I liked fish until my early 20s.  I started to become a bit more adventurous in this area upon [...]

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Smoked Salmon Pâté

June 13, 2010

I don’t usually write about my failures in the kitchen – after all, who wants to try a recipe that didn’t work?  However, at the risk of sounding cliché, I’m learning the slow lesson that life is not always about the end result, but about the process that one went through to get there. Our [...]

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One Step, No-Cook Marinara

June 11, 2010

I remember when I first knew we were going to move to Switzerland, and my husband asked me “Isn’t it going to be cold all the time?” haha.  If you have been in Romandie at all the past couple weeks you will know that it does indeed get very warm here!  I don’t think anything [...]

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Chive and Dill Pesto

May 29, 2010

Did you know that shopping on a Saturday is NUTS?  Ok, that’s probably expected, but shopping on Saturdays en Suisse is much crazier than any Saturday morning I remember in the States.  I suspect this has much to do with the fact that most everything is closed on Sunday, and so everyone is rushing around [...]

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Orange and Honey Rotisserie Chicken

May 20, 2010

The act of roasting chicken can be good for many things.  Some say it’s good for your love life.  Others for sharing with friends.  For me, roasting a chicken is simply dinner.  It’s dinner that is low-stress, and it’s dinner that is sure to create leftovers with little extra effort.  It can even be thought [...]

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A Food Revolution

May 3, 2010

If you are in the US, and unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you’ve probably heard about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.  I mentioned his mission a little bit before in a previous post, but today want to talk about it a bit more.  While I’m not going to get into the politics of [...]

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