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Mint Lemonade
August 25th, 2008 | Category: Drinks
Were you looking for a refreshing lemonade recipe to cool you down this summer? Look no further. With humidity at 85%, it was the perfect drink this weekend at The Mansion while we played cards under the shade. It was also very appreciated as we munched our way through the brunch table at Vera’s.
The mint I’ve used for this lemonade is no ordinary kind. I first noticed this mint in a salad my mom served at a dinner party. It looked and tasted nothing like the mint I was used to. The leaves are much smaller and crunchier than the ordinary kind and the smell is stronger. Upon further investigation, I’ve learned that it wasn’t store bought; it was plucked fresh from my father’s mini garden at our balcony. A week later, I had my own pot of mint. And a month later, now, I have enough mint to prepare mint lemonades all summer long!
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Chocolate Gelato
August 14th, 2008 | Category: Chocolate, Ice Cream & Sorbet
I have to admit that I didn’t have high hopes when I first spotted this Chocolate Gelato recipe at Saveur online. One of their weekly newsletters had this photo of Pistachio and Chocolate Gelato combo that was out of this world. Then I read the recipe and said to myself: “Milk and cocoa only? And cornstarch? Really? No “real” chocolate? No cream?”
Furious, I did what every adventurous food blogger does and started searching for other Chocolate Gelato recipes to compare, which really didn’t help. Then I said to myself: “Come on! This is Saveur! You’ve seen their test kitchen. You’ve read about its secrets. And you know an average Chocolate Gelato recipe would have never made it to their site..” I was not wrong.
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Focaccia and Sunday Brunch
August 08th, 2008 | Category: Baked Goods, Breakfast
Ever since Vera read my Kasimpasa Food Market post, we have been planning to visit the market and put together a feast with the produce available at the stands that week. But as we started emailing each other about the brunch menu, we realized that the shopping would leave us with very little preparation time.
So we ditched the idea of shopping and started planning how on earth we were going to prepare the following in a couple of days.
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