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Rome, Again

Today, Iโ€™ve had gelato for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And as I write this, itโ€™s only 3pm in the afternoon. It all started on this bright Sunday morning, when I made the onerous hike up to Prati, to Fatamorgana for their daring, wildly-flavored gelati. If you werenโ€™t looking for the place, youโ€™d probably keep going. But being the trooper that I am, in the blazingโ€ฆ

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The ActiFry

When I read about the ActiFry Fryer, a machine that uses new cooking technology to create crisp fries and other foods with virtually no oil, I immediately wanted one. Normally Iโ€™m not one to hop on the bandwagon and rush out and get a new gadget, especially when my apartment is bursting at the seams and if I put one more thing on my kitchenโ€ฆ

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Jook

French supermarkets are interesting places. In my book, I touched upon that subject โ€“ as well as a few others. But letโ€™s not get into that here; letโ€™s just say that theyโ€™re not the best places to buy fresh produce. Which may explain the mystery of the liberal use of canned corn around here. When I came back from a recent trip, on a lateโ€ฆ

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How to Make Perfect Asian-style Rice

A few years ago at a culinary conference in the states, I met some eager-beaver folks from the International Rice Board, or something like that, who were there to promote rice consumption. I told them, point blank: โ€œIf you really, truly want to increase the consumption of rice, just send everyone a rice cooker.โ€ I loved mine, but unfortunately in Paris my kitchen is soโ€ฆ

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Olympic Seoul Chicken Recipe

This award-winning recipe goes quite a ways back. It first landed on my radar via food-writer Arthur Schwartz, who led me to thisย recipe forย this Asian-inspired chicken dish. It sounded so good and easy to make in a skillet, on the stovetop, and included everything I like โ€“ moist chicken thighs, a burst of chili powder, a bit of sweet-saltiness, and lots (and lots) of garlicโ€ฆ.

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