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Passion Fruit Dressing

by Stephen Chavez in Featured Blog Posts, Misc., Recipes on February 4, 2013

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Art and I absolutely love the tropical, sweet tartness of passion fruit. We found this recipe in the new cookbook “50 Best Plants on the Planet,” by Chef Cathy Thomas and Melissa’s Produce. The dressing has chipotle chile in it. Chipotle chiles are ripe jalapeños that have been dried and smoked. The spicy kick from the chile will bring back the snap to any limp...

Buick Food & Wine Discovery Tour

by Stephen Chavez in Featured Blog Posts, Misc. on January 21, 2013

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While all my friends were scarfing chicken wings and carne asada nachos watching the NFL championship games on Sunday, I was being schooled by some top celebrity chefs. Greek-American culinary star Michael Psilakis showed us how to make a gyro spice of cumin, coriander, yellow mustard seed, cloves, black cardamom, fennel and cinnamon. America’s premier wine and spirits celebrity Michael Green humurously told us how to order wine in...