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Food (Spiked) Watermelon Ices
Refreshing, easy to make, and loved by children and adults alike. 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 (8 pound) watermelon, cut up 1¼ cup lime juice (from 8–9 limes) To Make This Entire Batch Into a Frozen Watermelon Margarita: 3 cups tequila ¼ teaspoon Maldon salt Place a large sieve over a large bowl….
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Food Not a Lower East Side Knish
Second only to “Pigs” in Blankets, I love a good knish — especially our roti knish: creamy-savory potato filling encased in a thin layer of ultraflaky dough. It is the perfect finger food. Using sheets of store-bought premade roti dough helps you knock these babies out fast. (Frozen roti dough is available at some grocery…
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Food Citrus Chicken With Carrots and Baby Potatoes (Pollo con Limón y Naranja, Zanahorias y Papitas)
1 pound roma tomatoes ¼ cup vegetable oil 4 pounds chicken pieces, such as thighs, breasts, drumsticks, patted dry 1 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt, or to taste ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste 2 cups chopped white onion 4 garlic cloves, pressed or finely chopped 1 teaspoon dried oregano ½…
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Food White Rice With Toasted Angel Hair Pasta (Arroz Blanco con Fideos)
Serves 6–8 2 cups white rice ¼ cup vegetable oil ¼ lb, or about 1, cup angel hair pasta, broken into pieces ¼ cup white onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove 4 cups water or chicken broth 1 tbsp fresh lime juice, optional 1 tsp kosher or sea salt, or to taste Soak the white…
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Food Orange and Almond Flan (Flan de Naranja y Almendra)
Serves 12 1 cup sugar for caramel 1½ cups peeled and slivered almonds ¾ cup sugar for flan 10 eggs 1¾ cups orange juice Grated zest of an orange 2 tbsp quince liquor, or Grand Marnier, optional Preheat the oven to 360 degrees. In a pan, heat the cup of sugar over low heat until…
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Food Nondairy ‘Dairy Delicious’ Soup With Dumplings
If you grew up in the Five Towns in the 1990s you understand why this soup, which is absolutely pareve, is called “the Dairy Delicious” soup. Although every family I knew had a different name for that restaurant, its onion rolls, rice and cheese, and perogies were Five Towns’ staples, along with their famous soups!…
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Food Blackberry Torta della Nonna
The fact that I know the secret to this torta makes me feel like a part of my Italian mentor Edgarda Bergonzi’s family. She taught me how to make it, and she learned it from her mother, who’d learned it from her mother. The first time I saw it, I thought it must have been…
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Food Persian Mixed-Herb and Feta Frittata
Serves 4 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, finely diced 1 garlic clove, grated or minced 1½ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste ½ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground turmeric ½ teaspoon ground coriander 12 large eggs ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 cup chopped fresh parsley, plus more…
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