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Sopa de Lima with Black Limes: This Aint Your Mama’s Chicken Soup

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With cooler weather and influenza settling in for the season, it is time to pull out the comfort food big guns.  One of my ultimate Mexican comfort foods, Sopa de Lima, can definitely hold its own among my other heartier and heavier soup recipes.  Don’t be fooled. This soup is not just another chicken soup.  The limes make this soup a little tangy, but also...
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Avocado and Yellow Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho

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  In Extremadura they do it with bits of ham.  In Cordoba they do it with hard-boiled eggs.  In La Mancha they cook it with rabbit.  In Cadiz, during times of drought, they make it creamy with less water.  Gazpacho has many faces, and with the rise of Spanish cuisine, and the temperature, it’s time we consider this cold soup.  Gazpacho is a tomato based...
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Cookbook Review and Giveaway: Lorena Garcia’s New Latin Classics: Fresh Ideas for Favorite Dishes

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I love complicated cookbooks with extensive ingredients that can only be sourced from specialty markets in Thailand and the dark back allies of Barcelona.  They make great coffee table books, but really, who cooks likes this? Welcome Lorena Garcia’s New Latin Classics: Fresh Ideas for Favorite Dishes. Chef Lorena offers approachable recipes that won’t break the bank or the pantry.  A key theme of her book...
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