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Recipe: Shrimp and Pea Risotto

This recipe comes from Gourmet magazine.  I really do miss this magazine.  Though I subscribe to Food & Wine, Bon Appetit and Cooking Light, Gourmet remains my all-time favorite.  I’m currently reminiscing the old Gourmet by reading Ruth Reichl’s Garlic and Sapphires.  With such a legacy of personalities like Ruth and Sara Moulton, it

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Quick chicken dinner needs a kick

Tonight I made Asian Noodles with Chicken and Scallions.   The recipe came from Gourmet Magazine (Dec 2006).  A very quick dish, I have to say I should have saved this for a weeknight meal.  I was able to make this with one pot on the stove and one bowl on the side.  I was

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Meal Planning - Attack of the Tomato!

Now that we’re back in the saddle with working five days a week, it’s time to get back to regularly scheduled meal planning.  Having a pork roast in the freezer (self-cut from a whole pork loin!), I looked in one of my Gourmet Magazine Cookbooks for a recipe.  Found a great Hungarian-style pork recipe,

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Christmas Cookies...Gourmet, I miss you!

I'm going through my vast library of cookbooks and magazines acquired over the years.  It's Christmas cookie planning day.  I like to go through everything, mark the items that appeal to me this year.  I'll go back through the marked items to create a cookie menu that provides a good mix of flavor and

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Gourmet Cookbook 2009

 

I'm very excited at 5am this morning.  No work today, quiet room, and the latest Gourmet Magazine cookbook next to me.  It's recipe reading time!  I can't wait to plan for the future.  Got to go, coffee is ready!

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