TasteSpotting

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Bits of this and that got together inside a bit of pizza dough. The result was a delicious golden bread.

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My first madeleines were a big cocoa hit.

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These carrots are easy and make a very nice appetizer, served with some rustic bread or toast. Don't forget to soak the bread in the sauce in the end! [in Portuguese]

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A simple gazpacho with basil oil and toasted almonds, inspired by The Modern, in NYC. A delicious farewell to the ripe summer tomatoes.

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Parmesan crackers with olives and rosemary are delicious on their own or with black olive tapenade. [Portuguese]

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A batch of simple lemon muffins, to take Michael Ruhlman's book Ratio for a test drive. Now the sky's the limit!

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Rice and vegetables, with a little seasoning, make a quick, healthy and delicious meal - vegetable biryani with cashew nut sauce.

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Melon sorbet with shredded mint and a dash of vodka - summer in a spoon.

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Beans, chorizo, roasted tomatoes and leaves - a salad that's a whole meal.

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Smitten Kitchen's big crumb coffee cake with rhubarb. My first time with the thing and I'm hooked!

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Pork strips in jam, soy and ginger make for a delicious, cheap and fast meal (thank you kayotic!)

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It's pizza dough, rolled like a paratha and filled with mint-almond pesto and chopped olives.

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Chickpeas and sweet peas in a risotto-wannabe-rice, with a hint of sage. Comfort food in a bowl. [text in portuguese]

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Onion tarte tatin - a (not so) savory version of the french classic. [translated from Portuguese]

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Falafel-burger with mushrooms and mint, in between tortillas. Light and easy lunch! [text in portuguese]

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A middle-eastern inspired meal: rice salad with toasted almonds and olives & a fresh pineapple-mint juice. [English via translate.google.com]

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Tarte tatin has to be the easiest, most delicious apple tart in the world. (text and recipe in Portuguese)

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Slowly roasted pork: the best part are the leftovers! [text in portuguese]

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A potato bread, with a pinch of rosemary and fleur de sel. Light and a bit sweet, it smells wonderfull! [text in portuguese]

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A different pizza: pesto sauce instead of tomato, topped with pecans, sautéed onions, a ripe tomato and some fresh mozzarella. [text in portuguese]

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Beans + broccoli + sage = soup. A delicious, velvety soup, with a bit of crunchy-garlicky broccoli. [text in portuguese]

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Banana ice-cream, easy and quick to make. The flavor is so intense you'll really go bananas! (text in Portuguese)

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The best bookstore in the world - Books for Cooks, in London. Every single book you could want on this subject.

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Croquetes de carne, a fried snack made with leftover meat. Easy, cheap and so tasty! [text in Portuguese]

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Ode to aglioli, the simplest, most comforting and most delicious pasta. [text in portuguese]

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There's nothing as a piece of home-made lasagna to give warm comfort on a rainy night. [text in portuguese]

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The easiest apple tart: Normandy Apple Tart, by Dorie Greenspan. Light and delicious! [text in portuguese]

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An early Christmas present brought me a world of macarons from Ladurée, Paris. Merci! [text in Portuguese]

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A quick sandwich for a busy-almost-Christmas-weekday lunch! (text in Portuguese)

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Flower-shaped lunch: tortillas with mozzarella, arugula and home-dried tomatoes [text in Portuguese. use translate.google.com for English]

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Chocolate cookies! Dense, rich and so good! [text and recipe in Portuguese]

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Linguine with home-dryed tomatoes, black olives and walnuts. Simply delicious.

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Apple-zucchini muffins. So moist, so tasty, so good!

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Learning how to make macarons: a few successes and many, many disasters. (In Portuguese)

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Apple cake with caramelized apple on top. Delicious!