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Red Chile Margaritas
Oh, lordy... this may be the best margarita recipe ever!
John and I have tasted our fair share of New Mexico margaritas through the years....
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Lavender Iced Tea
Who knew the Pacific Northwest had so much in common with southern France? By that I mean, only a few miles from glaciers, mountains...
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Kitchen Pantry Kouign-Amann
Lizzy -when she was working in Paris after college- kept telling us about this unbelievable sweet, soft yet crispy pastry with a caramelized bottom. It originated outside Paris, in Brittany,...
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New Orleans Chocolate Pecan Pie
Can you describe New Orleans in a word or two? It's impossible. The city has more identities, more nicknames than any other place....The Big...
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New Orleans Muffalettas
If you've spent any time in New Orleans, you've probably enjoyed that olive spread, salami and melted cheese sandwich --the muffaletta. Central Grocery created...
Breads
Agnes’s Pogacsa | Savory Hungarian Biscuits
We were stymied, trying to figure out where to go for dinner one night, when our friend suggested a restaurant on the Danube. It...
Budapest
Honey Gingerbread and Kürtőskalács
The Budapest Christmas Fair may be small, but it packs a sensory-overload of sounds, smells and sights into a few city blocks. The two...
Beverages
Dark Hot Chocolate and Christmas in Budapest
If you're lucky, like we were, you'll arrive in Budapest at night. And, after passing miles and miles of generic concrete highrises, you'll look...
Budapest
Budapest Christmas Fair
Boldog Karácsonyt!
We're in Budapest for the Christmas market which has hundreds of wooden stalls selling hearty holiday food and drink. Oh, and a few...
Christmas
Italian Pistachio Cookies
Those naughty Sicilians! Leave it to Italy, the land that brought us Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, to have a sweet called "virgin's breast."
Whether...