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Pickle Brined Pork Chops

Pickle Brined Pork Chops
Pickle Brined Pork Chops makes excellent use of leftover bread & butter pickle juice and other seasonings to create a tasty brine marinade for bone-in pork chops.  While we favor sirloin cut chops, the recipe works fine with center cut pork chops too, just be sure to select pork chops of at least ½-inch thickness. …
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Pork and Imitation Crab Stir Fry

Pork and Imitation Crab Stir Fry
Pork and Imitation Crab Stir Fry offers a great combination of land and sea proteins in a tasty and attractive stir fry. It is easy to prepare and relatively inexpensive. You can use pork stew meat or boneless pork loin chops for the pork.  Imitation crab, sometimes referred to as krab, is not actually crab…
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Brandied Beef Tri Tip

Brandied Beef Tri Tip
Brandied Beef Tri Tip roast is a great way to make this cut of beef shine. Tri Tip, as it’s popularly known, comes from the bottom tip of the sirloin.  It derives its name from its triangle shape and that it is at the very bottom tip of the sirloin. Tri tip is rich in…
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Korean Flanken Short Ribs

Korean Flanken Short Ribs
Korean Flanken Short Ribs makes great use of less-familiar flanken short ribs in a gochujang-forward marinade/sauce. This recipe utilizes the flanken style of short rib, a thin cut about 1/2-inch thick, which cuts across the rib bones, so each slice contains a few pieces of bone. This is a popular cut for short ribs for…
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Tilapia and Shrimp Veracruz

Tilapia and Shrimp Veracruz
Tilapia and Shrimp Veracruz offers our version of a Mexican classic, seafood cooked in a rich, tomato and chili sauce.  Inspired by veracruzana sauce usually prepared with red snapper, this recipe includes assorted peppers and chilis in the sauce along with tequila and freshly-squeezed lime juice while omitting the olives and capers; it’s definitely zestier…
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Hearty Hungarian Goulash Soup

Hearty Hungarian Goulash Soup
Hearty Hungarian Goulash Soup is a perfect antidote to cold winter weather. Our version is inspired by visits to Austria and specifically Viennese New Year’s Eve celebrations. After a long evening of waiting for the ringing in of the New Year by the large bell of the Saint Stephan's cathedral in Vienna, Hearty Hungarian Goulash…
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Braised Lamb and Cardoon

Braised Lamb and Cardoon
Braised Lamb and Cardoon is a tasty stew which bring two distinct ingredients together. Cardoon, also known as Cardoni, is related to the artichoke and has a similar taste but with more nut-like overtones; it resembles oversize celery with small thorns lining the edges of the ribs. While not well known outside of Italy, cardoon…
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Spicy Crab Marinara Pasta

Spicy Crab Marinara Pasta
Spicy Crab Marinara Pasta is a must for Christmas Eve’s Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner and a family favorite to be enjoyed any time of the year.  Just enough spicy heat and sweet crab meat, Spicy Crab Marinara Pasta is nonetheless easy to prepare and never fails to impress from its presentation to its…
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