2009 March | FOODsessed

Bean, Corn and Squash Stew

By Alex ⋅ March 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Here is another Staff Favourite recipe from April’s issue of Food & Wine magazine for a Chilean vegetarian dish, Bean, Corn and Squash Stew. I’ve never been to Chile–even though it is on our list of future vacation spots whenever I become employed again–so I don’t know what Chilean food is supposed to taste like, [...]

Chicken and Leek Pie

By Alex ⋅ March 17, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

Whenever we get our new issue of Food & Wine in the mail, I immediately flip to the recipe glossary and see which recipes have been marked as a Staff Favourite. Through experience, I know that I’m always guaranteed something delicious if I make a one of these recipes. This starred Chicken and Leek Pie [...]

Farmers Market

By Alex ⋅ March 12, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Yesterday I went to the Farmers Market in the park by our house. This being Vegas and all, there are only a few vegetable and fruit stands at the market, and the majority of the farmers truck in their produce from Southern California. However, the spread at this one stand from Blythe, California made me [...]

Lemon Curdy Pudding

By Alex ⋅ March 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

While we were in Santa Fe over the weekend with Carlo’s family, his brother Les gave us a couple of Meyer lemons grown in his garden in Tucson. We brought them back to Vegas and didn’t really know what to do with them until I was flipping through Jamie Oliver’s cookbook Happy Days with the [...]

Cheap Salad on the Run

By Alex ⋅ March 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Making your own food is invariably almost always cheaper than going out to eat or picking up some takeout. However, life doesn’t necessarily always give you an option to make lunch. When I’m on the run or just can’t be bothered to make anything, Whole Foods has this incredible new line of prepared and packaged [...]

Welcome!

By Alex ⋅ March 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Recession Recip.es was the brain child of my husband Carlo in November 2008 as the economic crisis loomed. We both love to eat great food and drink good wine, and for the last 8.5 years, we have eaten our way around the world together. We believe that good food and wine don’t have to be [...]

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