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The simplest of salad dressings – Vinaigrette

Simple French Dressing

As with most good food, you must start with good quality ingredients. This is equally true for even something as simple as a salad dressing, which a vinaigrette is as simple as it gets. Vinaigrettes are an emulsion of 3 parts vegetable oil (usually olive oil) and 1 part acid (usually vinegar or acidic fruit …

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Southeast By Southwest…Fiesta Style Cheesy Grits

Quick Grits with Salsa and Pepper Jack Cheese

I did not grow up eating grits and the first time I did try grits was also the first visit to a Cracker Barrel. I cannot say that I was overly impressed, but I also did not have any problem finishing the grits that time or any time since then. Over the past few years …

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Coronation chicken vol-au-vents

Coronation chicken vol-au-vents

Vol-au-vents are little puff pastry cases invented in Paris around 1800 by Antonin Carême, known as the the ‘King of Chefs, and the Chef of Kings’. The name literally means ‘blown by the wind’. They have been popular in the UK as canapés and are fairly easy to get a hold of in most supermarkets, …

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A refined ploughman’s lunch – fit for a queen

Mini ploughman's

Though it’s popularity has declined in recent years, a ploughman’s lunch usually consists of crusty bread, a thick piece of proper cheddar cheese, ham, pickle, apple and onions served with beer. It used to be quite a common snack or lunch in pubs around the UK, but the decline of a pint at lunchtime, the …

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El Reubeno Pastrami Sandwich at The Prado in Balboa Park (San Diego, CA)

The Prado's El Reubeno Pastramo at Balboa Park in San Diego, CA

While visiting San Diego, CA we spent a morning walking around Balboa Park, adjacent to the San Diego Zoo. Both attractions are must visits when in San Diego. The time was approaching lunch and after enjoying the attractions at the park, we were to head an hour north to the Temecula Valley to spend the …

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