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Risotto alla Milanese

By On July 6, 2010 · 761 Comments

Can you believe I did not eat risotto in Milan? Milan, the Italian city/region known for it’s rice. And all I ate was pasta and gnocchi, not riso or risotto. Not even once.

I wanted to, I really really did. But for some odd reason non of the restaurants we ended up at, served risotto [...]

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Mole inspired steak marinade and lettuce ‘wraps’

By On July 5, 2010 · 18 Comments

Sometimes, when it’s too hot out, you just completely space out in the supermarket. You want to linger near the open refrigerators, walk around there for hours, until they kick you out stating ‘we’re closed now lady, and why the heck did you spend 5 hours here if all you’re buying is [...]

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wonderful food from the supermarket, lunch in Milan, photo by LdV

More Milan

By On July 3, 2010 · 20 Comments

So in Milan we did a lot… of eating!

We arrived in Milan early Friday afternoon. After taking a taxi to the apartment and drinking coffee, we walked to the grocery store across the square. I was amazed, this was a small, little grocery store, compared to American, or even Dutch stores. [...]

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Literal meat loaf

By On June 8, 2010 · 855 Comments

Tomorrow is election day here in Holland. Tonight is the last televised debate. Since I’m still not sure who to vote for, we’re watching it. I doubt it’ll help me much, but still, I like watching political debates. In Holland we have a multi-party system, which means there really are a LOT [...]

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Simple soup

By On May 26, 2010 · 15 Comments

I made soup!

It was very tasty. And simple. Loaded with veggies and mini meatballs and small pieces of meat. I love making soup. It’s so easy and effortless to make. Especially when you have the nice little wire thingie in which you can place your shank, a boy leaf, whole cloves of garlic [...]

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