This angel hair pasta with lobster meat and fresh asparagus was a very nice date night treat. by Jack Atkinson My wife has been working very hard lately, so for Saturday Date Night, I fixed her this luscious dish. After draining one-third package of perfectly cooked pasta, I thoroughly mixed in a raw egg (the […]
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Magical Leek Soup Mireille Guiliano (http://frenchwomendontgetfat.com) Dr. Miracle, the family physician who helped me wake up and recover from my weight gain, was something of a gourmand. He gave me a number of recipes, but none more important than the one he gave me for the first, and only, “tough” weekend. On reflection, it wasn’t […]
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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.