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Ribollita – How Come Peasant Food Tastes SO Good?

Posted in Italian, Italy, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, beans, bread, cabbage, cheap meal, food, healthy, kale, parsley, sausage, soup, stew, tradition, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian, weather on February 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Continuing with more comforting winter foods, I decided one night to make Ribollita again. Traditionally, this Tuscan dish is usually made one day using whatever leftovers were around and reboiled (what ribollita literally means in Italian) the next for even more of a flavor power-punch.  I also read that ribollita should take a total of three days to [...]

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Shredded Chicken Sopes with Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa

Posted in Chorizo, Los Pollitos, Mexican, Recipe, Recipes, avocado, beans, black beans, cheap meal, chicken, chile, chili, cilantro, cornmeal, cream, food, lime, masa, onions, peppers, pinto beans, red beans, serrano, sopes, spicy, tomatillos, tagged on February 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Almost every time we eat out at one of our favorite local Mexican cheap-eats, it is difficult for me to resist the crunchy and tasty sopes. These traditional Mexican dish involves fried masa cakes and can be topped with a variety of things – chorizo, beef, chicken, pork, veggies or beans. Some are made small [...]

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