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Beef Tacos de Lengua

This recipe is not for the food-queazy. If that's you, you might want to just skip this one, or instead check out some of our

[Cooking] Split Pea Soup

Updated, from the recipe archives. First published 2006. ~Elise There's something about winter that just begs for the making of split pea soup, wouldn't you agree? ...

[Cooking] Super Bowl Recipes!

From the recipe archive, just in time for the big game. For more Super Bowl recipes from food blogs, check out Food Blog Search ~Elise So, ...

[Cooking] Chinese Almond Cookies

Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic as he prepares for the year of the tiger with Chinese almond cookies. ~Elise Chinese almond cookies ...

[Cooking] Pasta with Slow Roasted Duck

Guest contributor Hank Shaw of Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook shares one of his favorite pasta dishes. Sensuous and savory, this simple pasta and duck ...

[Cooking] Cheddar Cheese Puffs

To make cheese puffs, first you make a pâte a choux dough (pronounced "pat ah shoo"), which, if you've never made it before, can seem ...

[Cooking] Curried Squash Soup

One of the things I love about butternut squash, or any winter squash for that matter, is that they're practically indestructible. They last for ...

[Cooking] Orange Bread

Unlike much of the country, Sacramento isn't blanketed in snowy white in the dead of winter. We are blessed instead with plenty of green, ...

[Cooking] Beet Hummus

For those of you out there who cannot fathom even the idea of beets, fine. Truly, I'm a-okay with it. That only means there is ...

[Cooking] Caraway Soda Bread

One of the things I love about making soda bread is that it is just so darn easy. With yeast breads you have to ...

[Cooking] Flank Steak Stir-Fry with Asparagus and Red Pepper

Recently I got a call from my friend Elizabeth who said, "You've got to try my mother's flank steak; it's soooo good!" I begged ...

[Cooking] Egg Drop Soup

Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic as he shares his favorite Chinese egg drop soup. ~Elise In college one of the dishes I ...

[Cooking] Stuffed Zucchini with Turkey Sausage

Just got back from the BlogHer conference to find a 3 pound zucchini in the garden! Fortunately I remembered this recipe from our recipe archive ...

[Cooking] Chicken Prosciutto

I'm on vacation for the next two weeks and will be pulling recipes forward from the archives that I've made or updated recently, including this ...

[Cooking] Ceviche

Still on vacation visiting friends here and here. Not much time to cook, too busy lollygagging. In the meantime, here's another favorite from the archives, ...

[Cooking] Baby Bok Choy with Yellow Bell Peppers

There are certain routines in our family for which I am unendingly grateful. One is that at the dinner table there is always a ...

[Cooking] Scrambled Eggs with Tomatillos

Every few days, for the last month, I've gone out to my garden in the morning and gathered enough tomatillos to cook up with some ...

[Cooking] Mom's Roast Turkey

From the recipe archive, originally posted November, 2003. Turkey ready to go in the oven My mom's turkey is unlike others. The breast meat isn't dried ...