BROCCOLI / SPINACH SOUP! (We loved this very healthy soup!) HOW TO MAKE IT: 2 heads broccoli (each about 2 pounds), tough stem ends trimmed away 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 1 large onion, diced 2 leeks, well rinsed and thinly sliced 1 carrot, peeled and diced 6 cloves garlic, minced 8 cups chicken […]
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Picasso was the dominant art force of his time because he allowed his imagination to lead him. He once said… yes he makes ugly art sometimes, because he never knows what the art is going to be before he makes it! Other artist, when in that same state, have said, it was like they were […]
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WESTERN WEAR (Photography ©John Land Le Coq, shot for Tempco Winter Coats and Jackets.) EDITOR’S NOTE: What a colorful life it is to be a working cowboy! A while back, I had the opportunity to live with working cowboys in New Mexico for about a month while working on a fashion (coat) editorial project I […]
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Small flour tortillas cut into 8 triangular sections each, then shallow fried in a non-flavored oil like coconut oil. Remove onto a paper towel and salt (with sea salt) as soon as they are out of the skillet (in batches) so the salt will stick. NOTE: These burn very easily – put them in – […]
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Perfectly cooked and moist salmon served with veggies. Start with a 10” piece of center cut salmon fillet, put it in the bottom of a buttered roasting pan, sprinkled it with “seafood seasoning”, put pats of butter down the center and slices of lemon in the valley of the fillet. – Cover the pan as […]
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OLD SCHOOL SUNDAY DINNER – An organic whole Roasted Chicken cooked on a bed of onions and served on a bed of home made croutons to absorb the juices, with the baked onions served on the side. With so much pre-cooked frozen foods being served on dinner tables today, we forget how GREAT old school […]
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(Above) My ink and brush drawing (copy) of a Wild Thing as envisioned by Maurice Sendak. When my daughter was young we called this one “Sarah Wild Thing” – we named all of the Wild Things after her friends at that time: Topher Wild Thing; Crichton Wild Thing; Sarah Wild Thing; etc. When I was […]
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Enjoy this podcast with Photographic / Digital Manipulation Artist – Howard Harris.
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EASY (AT HOME) BEIGNETS Café Du Monde in New Orleans is packed 24/7/365 with tourist to the French Quarter and local New Orleanians ordering one thing – beignets with café au lait to wash them down. This is a rare treat outside of New Orleans, but here is a (95% as good) home version that’s […]
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®ARTS&FOOD’s Mock Turtle Soup 2 large pork chops, t-bones, cooked to med-well – done but still soft to the touch, not hard as a rock 1 + Tbs of olive oil to coat the skillet for sauté 1 cup onions, diced 1 cup celery, diced 6 cloves garlic, chopped 1 cup flour (browned in a […]