Author: cia
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I’ve watched the boy make this stuffed flank steak for me before. When I wanted to try it at home, I called him for the recipe. All I got was, “Stuff it, roll it, fry it.” Simple instructions for a meal that looks like a hundred bucks. I used everything I found in my fridge…
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These baked stuffed peppers were a good start to jerk chicken. Ingredients: 2 small red bell peppers, halved lengthwise through stem, seeded 1 small box of cherry tomatoes, halved crumbled feta cheese 10 leaves of basil a handful of fresh thyme pepper, olive oil 1. Preheat oven to 400º. In a large bowl, toss tomatoes,…
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I can now truly respect mothers who work full-time and still manage to cook a decent meal for her family at the end of the day. After work yesterday, I ran to Di Palo’s to get my usual cheeses and meats. I was uptown soon after picking last-minute grocery items. I had two hours to…
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After my first successful try at making gelée, I decided to try this Martha Stewart Living recipe. I served it as dessert when family friends from Manila visited New York City. It didn’t match the jerk chicken main course but that’s why I think they were tickled to be eating it to end their night.…
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163 1st Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets 212/475-7899 about $80 for two, with two drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ Updated, 2007: Momofuku has moved two stores down to make room for the third restaurant in their family, Momofuku Ko Momofuku, which means “lucky peach,” is a nicely-designed noodlebar with mostly Japanese and Korean-influenced dishes…
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331 West 4th Street at Jane 212/242.9502 about $45 for two, with a few drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Possibly the best burgers in New York City besides Le Parker Meridien’s, people wait at Corner Bistro not just for the $2.50 McSorley’s but also for the Bistro Burger, a slab of juicy beef so…
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60 Clinton Street between Rivington and Stanton 212/253.1960 about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ I rarely go to an Italian restaurant because I can’t, and don’t want to, eat a whole big bowl of pasta. Falai serves the familiar but transcends at the same time because of the imaginative…
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I’m not a big fan of mayo so I used the light kind for this recipe. Make sure you serve this as soon as you plate it so that the mayo doesn’t look curdled and the greens do not wilt. Ingredients: 6 scallops pinch of saffron threads 1/4 cup light mayonnaise 1 1/2 tbsps of…
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I know I have a lot of favorites, but this is really one of them. I loved the fact that a dish with game can still be fresh and light just by adding mint leaves and julienned summer vegetables. Ingredients: lamb fillets 1 medium red onion, sliced thinly half a red bell pepper, julienned half…
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This was a sweet recipe from Amanda Hesser of The New York Times. Sweet, as in, new and exciting. I made it as an appetizer for a party I threw for my Dominican and Ecuadorian girlfriends. You can use cheap sake for this but definitely get the good-quality and real crab meat from your fishmonger.…
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Ingredients: 1 tuna steak 1/4 cup sesame seeds 2 tomatoes, seeded and diced 1 garlic clove, crushed and finely chopped 1 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped 1 tbsp lime juice arugula or other mixed greens salt, pepper, olive oil 1. Cut tuna steak in thick chunks. Roll in sesame seeds to coat. Refrigerate until ready to…
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This was one of the best dishes I’ve ever had to cook and eat alone. I served this on top of kimchi-flavored fried rice. Ingredients: chicken breast fillet handful of mint leaves, finely chopped handful of cilantro, finely chopped half a cucumber, cut through center and thinly sliced handful of snap peas, blanched 2 stalks…