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Mango Dressing

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  Plus, my awesome weekend of eats! 2 days of rainbows, certainly a good omen. Open-faced tomato sandwiches from our garden for breakfast.   Recipe to follow   Lime & basil marinated chicken, homemade creamed corn, and wilted spinach. Lobster ravioli.   Spicy cajun shrimp.   Sirloin & étouffée {what a power combo}! A win..read more

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Weekend Bits

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{aka food holiday} but on second thought, I live my life as if it’s a perpetual food holiday! Baby brother was in town for a short while and I made sure to fatten him up (as he’s one of those starving artists/college students) and sent him packed with goodies too!   Family dinner, recipe here…read more

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Weekend Bits

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I was so sad about the weekend leaving that I had ice cream for breakfast…I feel good about it. Here’s the food lineup from the weekend (my friends swear that a morbidly obese man resides within me). {Schnitzel} …and a day later, I met new German friends.  Food always leads to good things, I been..read more

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Around The World

Around The World

Last week, I found myself at familiar places and those not so much.  The Charlotte community is opening up and developing a taste for foods that fall so neatly into the “ethnic” food category.  Why must they be considered “ethnic” anyways?  Aren’t we all about cultural pluralism?  Aren’t we supposedly a melting pot?  Hm… I..read more

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