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Eats: Corn Chowder
A delicious alternative to its more famous seafood cousin from New England, Corn Chowder has its own life these days and hails from the best Southern Food tables.
There are lots of different ways to make corn chowder, with the constant ingredients being corn, potatoes, onions and a cream based soup.
The most typical corn chowder is a mix of fresh corn kernels, diced Yukon gold potatoes, Spanish onions, heavy cream, sea salt, black pepper, diced red pepper, smoked bacon bits and a few other mixed-ins.
A favorite corn chowder recipe can be found in, dare I say, a very New England cookbook - Morning Glory Farm: A Family that Feeds and Island, a wonderful book about the Morning Glory Farm on Martha’s Vineyard with unbelievable recipes.
Get a copy of the book here – > Morning Glory Farm, and the Family that Feeds an Island
Corn chowder can be part of a meal in all four seasons. Using fresh summer corn, however, is possibly the best way to enjoy it.
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Eats: Casado
What could be more fun than a plate of rice, beans, plantains, salad and maybe a fried egg, piece of chicken or pork and some tortillas on the side?
A casado is the quintessential Costa Rican plate of food and just a wonderful and healthy meal. Casados are typically eaten as lunch or dinner in almost any Costa Rican home or eatery.
While food in Costa Rica has opened up a bit to the rest of the world, the casado is still the dominant plate. Casado in Spanish refers to marriage and the name fits the dish perfectly. Its rich ingredients form a great mixture or marriage of protein, carbohydrates and fiber.
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Eats: Chicken Marsala
Tender white breasts of chicken, doused in Marsala wine, mushrooms, shallots and butter, Chicken Marsala is a wonderful and light Italian dish often served with a side dish of potatoes or pasta. The chicken can be prepared on the bone or off, skin or not, doused in flour or not. Those searching for lighter fare can prepare this dish with boneless, skinless breasts pounded out.
Marsala wine can usually be found in any grocery, Italian groceries tend to have the best varieties . It is a wonderful dark wine, similar to port, that comes from the Sicilian town of Marsala.
The wine with olive oil and butter is often reduced to form a thick broth that envelopes the dish in flavor.
The mushrooms used in the dish can be of many varieties, although, large chunks of Portabello or whole Chanterelles or Morrells can make the dish simply amazing.
There are a few variations of this classic Italian-American recipe. The dish, however it is made, always manages to come to a table with incredible aroma and flavor.
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