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Goan-Style Roast Chicken and Gingered Split Peas

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Cilantro, lime, garlic, ginger, jalapenos, cinnamon and cloves… If that ingredient list doesn’t get you excited, then I don’t know what you’re doing here. Now, imagine all those cooking together on a chicken. Smelling that in the oven for an hour and 20 minutes was the best and worst thing…

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The Perfect Cookie Dough

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(This is my friend Alex’s first post on He Cooks, She Cooks. Let him know how much you enjoyed it.) A brief introduction: I’m a 21 year old college student at the University of Missouri. I’m an untrained (dangerous, I know) and often confused cook. I like just about all…

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Saffron Chicken Tajine and Eggplant-Tomato-Herb Salad

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The theme of the night was ambiance. My friend and fellow foodblogger Ally came over to help make a warm and hearty Moroccan meal for my family. As the vegetables roasted and the chicken simmered, we dimmed the dining room lights and adorned the table with candles and tiny tajine…

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Okra Gumbo with Sausage and Fish

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My friend Mike offers us his classic gumbo recipe with okra, andouille and seafood. I wish I had gotten a chance to taste it, but the color of that roux is evidence enough that it must have been great. This recipe was adapted from several in Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana…

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The Flavor-Principle Cookbook

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I love to flip through cookbooks, but lately I’ve been more interested in food theory — books about ingredients, techniques, flavors, etc. Besides not being able to stick to a recipe to save my life, I prefer to learn the concepts behind cooking. It’s like that saying: Give a gal a…

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What is that and why is it in your pantry?

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It’s time for another game of ‘What is that and why is it in your pantry/fridge/ freezer?’ No those aren’t bugs or turds. This item is great to have in your pantry. What is it? Vanilla sugar! I pulsed some regular white sugar in the Magic Bullet for a few…

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Gumbo

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This is the meal inspired by a sausage and a song. When the campus meat market started offering andouille sausage, I knew we had to make gumbo. Then our friend Kat discovered a song listed under the genre “gumbo funk,” and we had a soundtrack. We cooked up a big…

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Hot Sauce

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March 10th, 2009 — 12:00am It’s really, really easy. I used to do it all the time and haven’t in about a year, but when I went to Gerbes to pick up milk and cilantro and decided to make this tonight. (Don’t you hate when you forget things, or you…

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