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Passover/Indian week

Posted Fri, 03/29/2013 - 18:30 by Jon

We realized that, if we gave up our beloved naan recipe, an Indian week was perfect for Passover:

Sun: Shrimp Tikka and chana chaat
Mon: We went to Rosa Mexicana's Mexican take on the Passover meal.
Tues: Indian/Shrimp Tikka Salad

Shrimp Tikka

St. Patty's Week Menu for 2013

Posted Thu, 03/21/2013 - 19:54 by Jon

This is Irish week!

Sat - Guiness Cottage Pie
Sun - Mike's Potato Soup and Soda Bread
Mon - Leftover cottage pie
Tues - Salad with house-cured lox
Wed - Leftover soup
Thus - Eat out at Star and Shamrock
Fri - Bagels and Lox

Potato Soup

Week of March 10: Caribbean Week

Posted Sat, 03/16/2013 - 08:56 by Jon

Sun - Jerk Chicken with Macaroni Pie and Pepper Slaw
Mon - Leftover Jerk Chicken w/ Rice and Peas
Tues - Salad w/ Shrimp and Mango
Wed - Jamaican coconut soup w/ Rice and Peas
Thus - Macaroni Pie
Fri - Leftovers

C.R.A.P.

Food and Drink Gadget roundup

Posted Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:12 by Jon

Hacking home carbonators: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/dining/hacking-home-soda-makin... "to make herb-infused sparkling wine, newfangled sangria, heady cocktails and nonalcoholic — but intoxicatingly delicious — sodas."

A good, egg-whites-and-everything, sour recipe: http://goodbooze.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/the-friday-tipple-sequ...

Wine pairing chart: http://visual.ly/wine-pairing-chart?utm_source=visually_embed

Sous-vide without the machine: http://lifehacker.com/5984614/how-to-sous+vide-without-a-sous+vi...

Menu for Week of March 1

Posted Sat, 03/02/2013 - 17:20 by Jon

Yet another week in our very difficult world of combing through our recipes to take photos of everything for the recently-refurbished Recipes Box - this week, we're doing Italian:

Pan-seared salmon with Quick Tomato Olive "Salsa"

Meat Lasagna with Caesar Salad

Pizza

Menu for the week of Feb 24

Posted Sat, 03/02/2013 - 17:13 by Jon

This week we wanted tasty, and easy to prepare ahead of time, so we went with a levantine theme:

Lamb Tagine with Apricot couscous

Brick Chicken with Zereshk Polo

Fattoush Salad with fried chickpeas

Zeresk Polo

Menu for the week of Feb 10

Posted Sun, 02/10/2013 - 16:45 by Jon

A busy week, in the culinary-options world. Audrey's traveling, so no need to go crazy on valentine's themed meals, and we've just done a lot of Chinese and Asian themed weeks, so the Chinese New Year is out as a theme as well. That leaves simply Mardi Gras:

Saturday - Baked Oysters with Bacon and Leeks

Gumbo and bread

Bizarre Foods Roundup

Posted Sat, 02/09/2013 - 16:09 by Jon

Fish bone salt: http://www.chow.com/videos/show/all/128462/why-you-should-turn-f...

I know you like cheese, so I put a grilled cheese in your cheese: http://dudefoods.com/cheese-grilled-cheese-sandwich/

Smoky, salty chocolate cookies: http://doriegreenspan.com/2013/02/smoky-chocolate-crackers-the-b...

DIY creme fraiche: http://www.bluekaleroad.com/2013/01/chocolate-espresso-souffles-...

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