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Pasta with Chard, Bacon and Cheeses
Pasta with Chard, Bacon and Cheeses hits so many favorites buttons. Pasta? Check! Bacon? Check! Melted Cheeses? Check! Add wonderful colorful, juicy, earthy chard and heavy cream and it’s sure to become a favorite at your house. Pasta with Chard, Bacon and Cheeses, while easy to prepare, makes a tempting presentation for company too, both…
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Pasta with Chard, Bacon and Cheeses hits so many favorites buttons. Pasta? Check! Bacon? Check! Melted Cheeses? Check! Add wonderful colorful, juicy, earthy chard and heavy cream and it’s sure to become a favorite at your house. Pasta with Chard, Bacon and Cheeses, while easy to prepare, makes a tempting presentation for company too, both…
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Beef with Bell Peppers and Tomatoes
Beef with Bell Peppers and Tomatoes is an unusual American Chinese recipe reconstructed from memory. As a child, Vito's parents would often take him and his siblings to dine out at the New Moon Chinese Restaurant in Union City, NJ; this dish was among Vito's favorites on the menu. Vito was fascinated by the use…
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Beef with Bell Peppers and Tomatoes is an unusual American Chinese recipe reconstructed from memory. As a child, Vito's parents would often take him and his siblings to dine out at the New Moon Chinese Restaurant in Union City, NJ; this dish was among Vito's favorites on the menu. Vito was fascinated by the use…
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Bistec de Palomilla
Bistec de Palomilla, or Cuban-style Steak as it is colloquially called, is one of the definitive dishes of Cuban cuisine. While growing up in New Jersey, most of Vito's classmates and their families had newly arrived from Cuba. After school, it was a very special treat to be asked to stay for dinner at friends’…
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Bistec de Palomilla, or Cuban-style Steak as it is colloquially called, is one of the definitive dishes of Cuban cuisine. While growing up in New Jersey, most of Vito's classmates and their families had newly arrived from Cuba. After school, it was a very special treat to be asked to stay for dinner at friends’…
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Grilled Italian Sausage and Peppers Two Ways
Grilled Italian Sausage and Peppers Two Ways offers two crowd pleasing ways to serve these favorites. Growing up in an Italian-American family in New Jersey, Italian sausage and peppers was a favorite and familiar summertime meal, whether from the backyard barbeque grill at Vito's grandparents’ house or from one of the innumerable kiosk restaurants rising…
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Grilled Italian Sausage and Peppers Two Ways offers two crowd pleasing ways to serve these favorites. Growing up in an Italian-American family in New Jersey, Italian sausage and peppers was a favorite and familiar summertime meal, whether from the backyard barbeque grill at Vito's grandparents’ house or from one of the innumerable kiosk restaurants rising…
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Quick Tomato Pasta Sauce
Quick Tomato Pasta Sauce is just that… a fast, easy, basic tomato sauce. It’s delicious, as is, served with pasta and perfect for a quick, easy and casual weeknight dinner; simple enough for kids but tasty enough for adults. This is a great recipe for novice cooks: few ingredients, easy and not time-consuming to prepare…
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Quick Tomato Pasta Sauce is just that… a fast, easy, basic tomato sauce. It’s delicious, as is, served with pasta and perfect for a quick, easy and casual weeknight dinner; simple enough for kids but tasty enough for adults. This is a great recipe for novice cooks: few ingredients, easy and not time-consuming to prepare…
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Dad’s Special Beef Marinade
Vito's Dad had his own special marinade for beef and here it is: Dad's Special Beef Marinade! Dad's Special Beef Marinade was use primarily for London Broil, whether done in the broiler (traditional) or on the grill. This very simple marinade is great for London Broil, petit filets or rump steaks; the 24-hour marinating period…
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Vito's Dad had his own special marinade for beef and here it is: Dad's Special Beef Marinade! Dad's Special Beef Marinade was use primarily for London Broil, whether done in the broiler (traditional) or on the grill. This very simple marinade is great for London Broil, petit filets or rump steaks; the 24-hour marinating period…
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Singapore No Noodles
Singapore No Noodles is a different take on a classic dish. Combining many of the flavors of Asian cuisine with its signature curry high notes and yellow color and combination of Chinese barbequed pork and shrimp, yet substituting thinly-sliced cabbage or slaw mix for the vermicelli rice noodles. With a subtle and intriguing mix of…
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Singapore No Noodles is a different take on a classic dish. Combining many of the flavors of Asian cuisine with its signature curry high notes and yellow color and combination of Chinese barbequed pork and shrimp, yet substituting thinly-sliced cabbage or slaw mix for the vermicelli rice noodles. With a subtle and intriguing mix of…
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Beans and Escarole
Beans and Escarole an Italian classic and a long-time family favorite. As a side note, the Dutch oven pictured is vintage 1940’s Magnalite made from re-purposed post-war aluminum; it was used by my Mom for decades and now enjoys continued use in our kitchen. Escarole, with its leaves of bright green and white, heart of…
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Beans and Escarole an Italian classic and a long-time family favorite. As a side note, the Dutch oven pictured is vintage 1940’s Magnalite made from re-purposed post-war aluminum; it was used by my Mom for decades and now enjoys continued use in our kitchen. Escarole, with its leaves of bright green and white, heart of…
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