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Sandwiches and a pastrami request

By On May 25, 2010 · 854 Comments

I just had my lunch break. Or well, break… I just walked to my favorite deli in the neighborhood of my office. They sell the best sandwiches in the area here. Now a sandwich in Holland is something completely different from a sandwich in the US. Compared to what you’d get in the US, it’s [...]

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Pot roast

By On May 19, 2010 · 476 Comments

I forgot to post my pot roast. Oh my!

Last week, or the week before even, possibly, my local grocery store actually had nice big, beautiful chinks of beef lying around. This is something that rarely happens, or at least rarely if you don’t go to the store right at the crack of dawn [...]

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Ground beef and herb ravioli

By On May 14, 2010 · 32 Comments

I’ve been craving ravioli for at least a week now. Yes, I make pasta a lot, but ravioli is usually reserved for ‘special occasions’ as it’s much more work than regular pasta, and I love non-filled fresh pasta about as much. Having the day off today was enough of a special occasion to warrant [...]

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Lasagne alla Valerie (Bolognese-style)

By On April 11, 2010 · 18 Comments

First off, Italian lesson. Lasagne, the spell checker keeps trying to correct it to lasagna. The spell-checker is wrong. Lasagna is 1 sheet of the pasta you use to make lasagne. Lasagne is a dish with multiple sheets of lasagna with sauce in between.

So I don’t want to call my lasagne ‘alla [...]

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