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Grilled Soft Shell Crabs with Spring Onions and Chive Garlic Scape Mayonnaise

by chefbikeski Posted on June 18, 2011

Soft shell crabs with Spring Onion and Chive Garlic Scape Mayonnaise – recipes inspired by our culinary bike, hike and ski trips to Italy; called moleche in the Veneto Continue reading →

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Cooking Class: How to Cook Risotto, and Narrowly Avoid Burning Your Friends’ House Down…

by chefbikeski Posted on January 29, 2011

Last Monday we had another very enjoyable cooking class in the back woods of Sugarloaf, ME. A enthusiastic group of women, plus two brave men faced brutal sub-zero temperatures to gather at my friend Nancy Marshall’s house for an evening … Continue reading →

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Who’s Crazy Enough to Make their own Ricotta Cheese?

by chefbikeski Posted on January 13, 2011

Make your own ricotta cheese? Are you crazy? That is the reaction I usually see when this possibility is first introduced. But continue reading, and you’ll soon be a convert. You can actually make ricotta from two simple ingredients, and … Continue reading →

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Feast of Seven Fishes, Part II

by chefbikeski Posted on January 1, 2011

I continue to research the history behind the Feast of the Seven Fishes, even though Christmas has come and gone. I emailed my Italiaoutdoors partner, who has been living in Vicenza, Italy for the past 19 or so years, asking … Continue reading →

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Parsnip Soup with Apple Puree

by chefbikeski Posted on December 11, 2010

Parsnips are a great root vegetable, white and similar in shape to a carrot, long and tapered. It is a relative of celery root, parsley root, and carrot, and the taste is a combination of the sweetness of a carrot, … Continue reading →

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