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Beef Stew for Frightful Weather
When the weather outside is frightful—well, it doesn’t even need to be. Just a bit chilly. Ingredients: 12-16 oz Grass-fed Beef Stew Meat (Wegmans FYFGA) 1 can Campbell’s Select Harvest Caramelized French Onion Soup Crusty bread, 4 1/2″ thick slices … Continue reading
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Hot Trout With Some Sweet Saucy
Here we have a well seasoned grilled fish with seasonal berries, inspired by the natural bounty of the Pacific Northwest. The berries set up a saucy riff against the savory fish and rosemary. Prep Time: 1 hour Cook time: … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberry, cedar, grilled, jazz, marionberry, peggy lee, recipes, rosemary, trout
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Chicken, not muskrat
The fig tree is so full of fruit this year, I don’t know what I’ll do if they all come up ripe. But for now, at least they aren’t turning moldy. Here is a summer dish of chicken and figs … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, fig, jazz, kid ory, moldy fig, muskrat, ory, panko, ramble, recipes, traditional
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Chili Sauce: Sweet, No Pepper
Summertime and time for the art of canning. Farmstands are bursting with tomatoes, so dust off your jars and go get some new lids. Here is a chili sauce that belies its name: it has no hot peppers and … Continue reading
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Tagged art pepper, chili, jazz, pepper, recipes, sauce, summertime, tomatoes
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Shrimp to Die For (the)
A quintessentially LA dish|that most LA of jazzmen. Make sure you have everything assembled and ready to go before starting to cook. You will need: bread. A French batard or similar, 1/4-1/2 loaf per person and a colander to serve … Continue reading
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Tagged clam juice, jazz, joe, killer, quincy jones, recipes, shrimp
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Popping Sprouts
No ordinary braised brussels sprouts. You know they are done when the pepitas start jumping out of your pan! Just put a lid on it. Cooking Time: 15 minutes _______________________________ 1 qt fresh brussels sprouts 2 Tbsp butter or olive oil … Continue reading
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Tagged brussels sprouts, harmonica, hd, jazz, kenny werner, luiz eca, north sea jazz, piano, recipes, the dolphin, toots thielemans
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Crab Cakes: The Battle
[I get that it’s not jazz. The video|it has battling crabs.] Hot spicy crab cakes with dueling sauces. Your mouth won’t know what to think. Smoky and spicy thanks to the adobo sauced chipotle peppers. Quick Rémoulade combines cooling mayonnaise … Continue reading
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Tagged adobo, busha brown, crab cakes, indie, m4 (part II), northern virginia, prince william county, recipes, remoulade, the faunts, vancouver
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Baba Ga-who?
Like Monk plays the Duke, this dish is a variation on a classic. No garlic or tahini here, this dish takes baba ganouj from hot to cool. Prep time: 40 minutes to fix. Chill for at least an hour. ______________________ … Continue reading
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Tagged almond butter, baba ganoosh, baba ganouj, caravan, eggplant, flatbread, jazz, peanut butter, pinao, pita, recipes, thelonious monk
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Le Shrimp Hot & Cool
These shrimp get the heat from a good dose of hot sauce and red pepper, as much as you care to put in. The coconut milk cools it off…some. Cooking time: 20-25 minutes ______________________ Ingredients 1 lb fresh or frozen … Continue reading
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Tagged champagne, coconut, jazz, lemon grass, maynard ferguson, noodles, recipes, shrimp, sriracha, thai
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Red Hot Tomato 