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I first heard of the avocado/mango/crab combination on the cook show Mexican Made Easy and I was immediately intrigued.  The green creaminess of avocado, juicy sweetness of mango, and rich flakiness of lump crab meat come together to create a vibrant summer salad.  To make it somewhat heartier, roll it up in a sandwich wrap.  [...]

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Don’t you love the type of bodega that, instead of having potato chips in front of the counter for your last minute impulse buys, has things like this?  The beautiful green rectangle pictured in my hand is an Annie Chun’s Roasted Seaweed Snack in sesame flavor.  It contains the following, all of the following, and [...]

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When a recipe measures onions by the pound, you know it’s going to be good. My mother-in-law grew up in Damietta, Egypt.  Damietta is just a stone’s throw from the point where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea.  As you might imagine, people from this region eat a lot of fish.  I have had the [...]

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I never imagined that I would find myself pickling fish, but a couple of weeks ago when I found myself with an extra salmon fillet on my hands I recalled noticing a pickled salmon recipe in Linda Ziedrich’s The Joy of Pickling.  I quickly decided to give it a try.  After salting the salmon in [...]

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I expected five for dinner the other night.  When I received word that one of the guests wouldn’t be coming, I decided to pickle his fish.  In her book The Joy of Pickling Linda Ziedrich includes a recipe for pickled salmon.  The recipe calls for 2 1/2 pounds of fish.  I have never eaten any [...]

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This is an extremely simple dish with a prep time of just a few minutes and a baking time of under half an hour.  You will need: salmon fillet(s) olive oil salt dried or fresh herbs of choice, such as basil, dill, or an Italian seasoning blend mixed salad greens a lemon Preheat the oven [...]

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