Ingredients:
250 g heavy cream
200 g fettuccine pasta
150 g shrimp
2 slices of eggplant
2 slices of zucchini
½ onion, chopped
½ red pepper, chopped
1 envelope of  seafood broth
1tsp salt
Pepper
Preparing:
Cook the pasta according to directions and s…

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Núria on January 9th, 2010

These shell shaped pasta are called Galets here in Catalonia. They are the pasta we throw…

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Mr. Smith on December 30th, 2009

What is it about this time of year that makes us look back and wonder?
What was the most important event of the year? Best song of the year? Favourite movie? Biggest discovery? It goes and on. In the days before the new year makes itself known, it seems we spend endless time evaluating the year [...]

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Shilpa on December 25th, 2009

More than 2 years ago, I had posted a recipe of Vegetable Lasagna which was more of my own experiment. This time I am back with another recipe which was given to me by my friend Cindy.
About 1 year ago, Cindy had invited us for a lunch at her place. Though she usually prepares meat [...]

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Last week, after lunch and while watching TV, we bumped into the wonderful film: Gone with the…

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Larissa on November 29th, 2009

Baked Lasagne with Meat sauce is just one of many others Lasagne variations but it is the most popular throughout Italy.
Other ingredients can be added to lasagne, such as sliced cooked meatballs, sausages, zucchini, eggplant. It is best to add only one of two ingredients to lasagne. So there are three main types of [...]

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Mr. Smith on November 18th, 2009

Last month I posted about a cooking group called Cooking Italy, started by Angela of Spinach Tiger. The idea behind the group is that each month, you prepare a set of pre-chosen recipes from Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking.
I loved the idea of the group as soon as I heard about it [...]

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Mr. Smith on October 19th, 2009

It has been a jam-packed couple of weeks for the Cream Puff. Work has been incredibly busy and there’s been lots going on with family and friends between the Thanksgiving holiday and other events.
This is going to be a quick Magazine Mondays post but I definitely wanted to take the time to share with you [...]

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Shilpa on October 7th, 2009

While growing up in coastal India, we always had luxury of getting very fresh fish. Though I don’t miss it much, V misses the Sunday fish lunches very much. So last time when we went to buy fish, I remembered a baked fish which I had seen on TV many times. We came home with [...]

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Spiceplace on October 4th, 2009

This is a break from the typical lasagna and is 10 times easier to make. With the standard “right side up” lasagna it takes a good bit of effort to cook the lasagna noodles, the meat sauce and mix the cheeses, and then layer them all together before baking the meal. This recipe leaves [...]

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