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Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup

Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup

The first thing I do when someone sneezes in the house, is submerge a chicken in a pot of boiling water to make chicken stock for soup. That’s a normal, knee-jerk reaction, right? Ok, perhaps I exaggerate. But there’s just something about the thought of clear, warming chicken noodle soup that makes …
Beef Tagine

Beef Tagine

I have been bitten by the travel bug. Not recently. The bite’s been smoldering more or less my whole life with my actual escapades limited only by finances and well, youth. And now, in the absolute DEAD of winter. With over a foot of snow in NYC in the past two weeks and with even more snow on the …
Sambar

Sambar

 Is anyone else desperately searching for flights out of this frozen tundra?? I know I am. And as much as I’d love a quick getaway, schedules and money are just slightly getting in the way. So if you can’t get away to the heat…bring it! Let me start off by issuing an apology to any of my South …