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Easy Bresaola and Arugula Salad
This easy bresaola and arugula salad is a lunch-time favorite and one my husband and I were introduced to in Italy. I use this salad often when entertaining because it makes for a filling and easy meal and allows me to focus on being with friends and family rather than cooking.
Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk
Fall is in the air! And we all know what that means — squash (pumpkin being a squash) and soup! I’ve been waiting to make this soup all summer and as soon as the temperature dipped into the 60s here in the Bay Area, I roasted my first butternut squash of the season. Even though…
Classic Spanish Flan
Ok, so I have a second food and movie reference. One of my favorite scenes in Volver – another Pedro Almodóvar where food features prominently — is of Penelope Cruz carrying a metal pale full of flan! I’d never seen flan served that way. Flan or crème caramel, is one of my favorite desserts. Creamy…
