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• Kitchenista: Chorizo ... It's All You Need to Know

  I have this theory about bacon, which I have extended to the spicy Spanish/Mexican cured sausage, chorizo: anything it touches tastes great. Anything. Here's one of the first ways I ever used chorizo and still one of my favorites (I have since expanded my chorizo reperatoire): a Portuguese stew that's loaded with kale so it's good for you, but also loaded with chorizo so everybody will still eat the kale. Read More... Posted Feb 04 2008, 01:49 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: kitchenista, soup, garbanzo beans, stew, greens, kale, chorizo

• Kitchenista: Good Enough For a Potluck in Mumbai

  For the tastiest curries, I'm all for grinding and mixing your own spices, and pounding crisp aromatics into thick pastes using a mortar, pestle and all the seething anger that built up over the weekend. But sometimes, you just need to make dinner. For that, we go to whatever's in one of the jars that we have on hand. But that doesn't mean soup or spaghetti and sauce again. You can still have curry -- which, incidentally, I think are the most forgiving and easiest vegetable hiders, take that Ms. Seinfeld! -- and it's very easy. Like, 15 minutes from thought bubble to table. Read More... Posted Jan 14 2008, 02:32 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Seinfeld, healthy eating, eating, meal planning, vegetables, india, mealtime, sneaky mommy, snacks, kitchenista, curry, tastytaste, chicken, indian food, healthy fast food, jessica seinfeld, Meals Together, easy meals, chicken broth, spicy, potluck, spicy food, sneaky chef, Patak's, garbanzo beans, curry paste