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  • Fresh Ricotta
    Appetizers,  How to/ Basics,  Main Course,  Recipes

    How to Make Fresh Ricotta Cheese plus an Easy Pasta Recipe

    How to make fresh ricotta cheese plus a recipe for an easy Pasta With Marinara and Fresh Ricotta.

  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
    Desserts,  Recipes

    Chocolate-Peanut Butter Ice Cream

    A recipe for a decadent chocolate peanut butter ice cream.

  • Pasta with Pancetta and Arugula
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    Easy Tuesday Dinner; Pasta with Pancetta, Arugula and Pecorino

    An easy pasta with Pancetta and Arugula.

  • Restaurants,  Travel

    Food in Saigon Vietnam-Days 12 and 13

    Day 12 Following in Bourdain’s Footsteps After a sobering hour at the War Remnants Museum, we head for lunch at a place listed in my notes; Bac Hai (25 Ng The Minh Khai St) famous for its Pho and featured by…

  • Food Markets,  Restaurants,  Travel

    Food in Saigon Vietnam-Day 11

    Day 11-Saigon Cholon Market is the largest indoor market in the Chinatown area of Saigon. We went there with our friend Lori and some local young people she’d been put in contact with before we arrived. We thought this would be similar…

  • Food Markets,  Restaurants,  Travel

    Food in Saigon Vietnam-Day 10

    Day 10-Saigon Thanh Binh (140 Le Thanh Ton) is in a narrow storefront room,  opposite the market, brightly lit with fluorescent lights and filled with formica tables. But we’re not here for the decor, we’re here for the food. We order goi…

  • Drinks,  Recipes,  Reviews

    Homemade Ginger Syrup and the SodaStream Soda Maker

    Review (updated) of the SodaStream soda maker and a recipe for homemade ginger syrup to make ginger ale soda.

  • cooked bacon
    How to/ Basics,  Recipes

    Makin’ My Own Bacon

    How to make your own bacon or pancetta.

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