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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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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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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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