October 2008

Soup & Salad: Feel-Good Raw Vegetable Soup à la Jean-Georges

October 29, 2008

(raw vegan, gluten-free) So this is one of my most favorite, simple pleasures I took away from the Gourmet Institute a couple weekends ago that I haven’t quit talking about. Besides the fact that it’s healthy and raw, I think what impresses me most is that when world-renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten demonstrated how to make [...]

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A Weekend at Gourmet Magazine's "Gourmet Institute"

October 26, 2008

Gourmet Magazine’s annual event was a weekend packed with all the best chef-lebrity, demos, discussions, tastings, and hobnob for the ultimate foodie fantasy.

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Portobello Au Poivre & Creamy Lemon Herb "Noodles"

October 13, 2008

(raw vegan, gluten-free*) Au poivre (French for “with pepper”) is most commonly a beef application in which one or more types of peppercorns are crushed to create a flavorful, punchy crust. As a lover of all things peppery or spicy, it’s also one of my favorite methods and one that I started longing for since [...]

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Beets & Sweet Potatoes? You'll Never Reach for Another Bag of Chips!

October 10, 2008

(vegan, gluten-free) These sweet potato and beet chips are nothing original, in fact, I got the idea from a recent episode of Giada de Laurentiis’ Everyday Italian where she fried the mandolined slices in extra virgin olive oil and then finished them with garlic-rosemary sea salt. I was immediately attracted by the bright, deep, pink [...]

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Poblanos Stuffed with Mexican Confetti "Rice", Cilantro Crema, & Spicy Tomato-Chipotle Salsa Cruda

October 2, 2008

vegan, semi-raw, gluten-free Another recent craving for Mexican food got me experimenting again, and just like other similar dishes such as tacos and enchiladas, it works incredibly well with raw. I believe it’s a combination of both the seasonings and the ingredients to which they are applied compliment each other famously. Best of all, this [...]

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