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Dinner Tonight: Chinese Chicken Salad

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[Photograph: Nick Kindelsperger]

In search of a humble dinner that would use up leftover roast chicken, I somehow ended up here. This dynamic recipe from The China Moon Cookbook by Barbara Tropp was featured in the New York Times. It indeed calls for leftover roast ch...

Tamales (Mexico)

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A tamale is a traditional Mexican dish  consisting of steam-cooked corn dough with  a filling. Their essence is the corn meal dough, usually filled with sweet or savory filling, wrapped in plant leaves or corn husks, and cooked, usually by steaming, until firm.�...

Sunday Brunch: Chard and Onion Omelet

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[Credit: Robin Bellinger]

One New Yorker cartoon that lives in my memory shows a man teasing his wife, “You’ll buy anything if it says poids net.” If you suffer from Francophilia, as the cartoon woman and I do, you will be taken with trouchia, a traditional char...

Dinner Tonight: Cauliflower-Potato Curry (Aloo Gobhi)

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I've been taking baby steps into Indian cooking, focusing especially on the all-vegetarian meals. Even though I'm a happy meat-eater, these dishes really do something for me. They don't taste like they're missing anything. Basically I'm at the point where I need a good ...

Asparagus With Champagne and Creole Mustard Vinaigrette

Delicious fresh steamed or grilled asparagus spears are served with a vinaigrette made with Creole mustard and Champagne vinegar. Feel free to substitute a white wine or rice wine vinegar... ...