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Pan Roasted Potatoes with Garlic and Dill
I am a potato kind of girl. Growing up one of the greatest joys of the spring was when my babushka made her incredible new potatoes with garlic dill butter.…
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Summer Vegetable Stew…A One Pot Meal
One of the hardest things to give up when switching to a plant based life style was comfort food, in the form of stews. However, with this one pan summer…
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Vitamix Ground Chicken Cutlets… котлетки
Juicy ground chicken cutlets mixed together with dill, onion and an egg all in a Vitamix then pan fried to golden perfection. This is Russian comfort food made even easier!…
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Jewish Chicken Soup with Matzo balls…The Real Jewish Penicillin
This recipe is what my childhood memories are made of. It is what I need to turn to when I am sick or aching from a bad day. The rich…
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Vegan Moldovan Roasted Eggplant Salad
This roasted eggplant salad is a perfect snack or salad for any time! Filled with smoky eggplant and juicy tomatoes, this salad is great spread over some crusty bread or…
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Ukrainian Style Home Fries Recipe
This is the Russian Holy Grail of comfort food. Tender and crispy home fries that are sauteed with garlic and onions to achieve savory perfection. And with 5 ingredients…
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Baked Chebureki: Easy Georgian Turnovers
Chebureki are traditional Georgian meat pies that are more similar to little meat turnovers than anything else. Traditionally made with a from-scratch dough and deep fried these babies can be both difficult…
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Ukrainian Green Chicken Soup – Girl and the Kitchen
A hearty Ukrainian style chicken soup loaded with tons of fresh herbs and veggies! Perfect for the spring time when all the fresh greens start popping up and we still…
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Ukrainian Easy Cheesecake: Zapekanka – Girl and the Kitchen
A zapekanka is a super easy cheesecake that comes from Ukrainian roots. Speckled with dry fruits, plenty of good vanilla and some orange zest, this will be your new go…
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Foie Gras in French Cuisine. Foie Gras is Fattened Goose or Duck Liver Foie. Foie Gras on French Menus
fromBehind the French MenubyBryan G. Newmanbehindthefrenchmenu@gmail.com Seared duck foie grasPhotograph courtesy of yosoynutswww.flickr.com/photos/yosoynuts/4094595898/ Foie Gras is liver from a fattened duck or goose. For centuries foie gras has been considered…