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Swedish Winter Soul Food: Yellow Split Pea Soup

February 18, 2018 kipbergstrom 52 Comments

My Scot/Scots-Irish/Anglo-Irish/Alsatian-American mother would make this soup to honor my father’s Swedish heritage, using the bone and some of the…

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Posted in: Soup, Winter Filed under: M & K's Favorite Recipes, Pea Shoots, Swedish, Yellow Split Peas

Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon

February 17, 2018 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

This dish is an attempt to recapture a food memory of a trip that Marilyn I took to Paris 20…

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Posted in: Fall, Main, Winter Filed under: chicken, couscous, North African, preserved lemons, romance, stew

Celery Root Soup with Fried Capers and Crème Fraiche

February 16, 2018 kipbergstrom 3 Comments

I had thawed some of the frozen vegetable stock* that I made for the Curried Cauliflower Soup that I blogged…

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Posted in: Soup, Winter Filed under: capers, celery root, Liv's

The Romance of Caesar Salad

February 12, 2018 kipbergstrom

[NOTE:  This salad is actually a lot easier to make than I make it appear with all the step-by-step.  It…

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Posted in: Fall, Salad, Spring, Summer, Winter Filed under: croutons, Lettuce, M & K's Favorite Recipes, Romaine, romance

Gravlax

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John Dombrowski used to have a morning radio show on public radio in Hartford called Where We Live. I was…

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Posted in: Breakfast, Fall, Spring, Starter, Summer, Winter Filed under: arctic char, M & K's Favorite Recipes, salmon, Swedish

Ajiaco

February 9, 2018 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

Ajiaco, or “pepper stew,” is one of the national dishes of Cuba, and in its mix of indigenous, Spanish and…

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Posted in: Fall, Soup, Winter Filed under: Cuban, stew

Trifecta Inspirations: Grilled Lamb Chops with Chard

January 23, 2018 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

I might have titled this blog Chard with Grilled Lamb Chops because it was the chard that started it, and…

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Posted in: Main, Winter Filed under: chard, lamb, pine nuts, tahini, Trifecta

Mofongo: Food of the Gods

January 22, 2018 kipbergstrom 1 Comment

That’s what my daughter Liz calls Mofongo…”Food of the Goods.”  Every bite packs a punch of fried plantain, crisp bits…

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Posted in: Main, Winter Filed under: chicharrones, microgreens, plantains, pork, Puerto Rican, Trifecta

Love My Vesuvio Pans

January 20, 2018 kipbergstrom 2 Comments

I love Vesuvio pans.  I have the three shown in this picture with glass tops: the 9.5 inch skillet, the…

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Posted in: Fall, Pans, Spring, Summer, Winter

A Recipe for Spiritual Bliss

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I have said that Puerto Rican food was comfort food in the Piurek/Bergstrom/Bauza household.  While that is true, it has…

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Posted in: Main, Winter Filed under: beans, M & K's Favorite Recipes, plantains, pork, Puerto Rican, rice

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