memoirs of a palate

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Scallops are the best way to quick dinner on a weeknight. 

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When your good friends bring back high quality tinned fish from Paris, your Tuesday night get’s poppin fast. 

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This year we had a very crabby Mother’s Day to mark our first foray into the holiday as parents!

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A bit of chile and tons of seafood is the cure for a spring that’s not warming up fast enough. 

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All we did was make some ramp pesto - the sausage was all Homestead Meats in Evanston.

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this was a breakfast taco.  ask me to remember anything else about it other than that and I’ll probably tackle you.  

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Well, 10 years of doing this thing has come and gone. I suppose it’s mostly fitting we didn’t do anything special (we were technically back in Indiana for Thanksgiving). Things are changing for us but I have no intention of doing anything other than keeping this thing alive for another decade.  Cheers with a bit of green chile and pork stew.  

- poblanos

- tomatillos

- sweet onion

- pork shoulder

- beer

- smoked chicken stock

- yukon gold potato

- jalapeno

- garlic

- kosher salt

- cumin

- coriander 

- chili powder

- white vinegar

- red wine vinegar

The Rest.

- yogurt

- peanuts

- cilantro

- red korean chile

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Fish stew with some crunchies inspired by xoco caldos.  

- fire roasted tomato

- ancho chile

- poblano

- shrimp stock

- shrimp

- bay scallops

- whitefish

- red wine vinegar

- kosher salt

- garlic

- red onion

- white onion

- yukon gold potato

Crunchies.

- arugula

- radish

- whitefish skin

- red onion

- cilantro

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Just a scallop and some smoky stuff.

Potatoes.

- sweet potato

- chipotle pepper

- kosher salt

- fat free yogurt

Mojo.

- cilantro

- garlic

- smoked poblano

- smoked yellow bell pepper

- pine nuts

- white wine vinegar

- aleppo

- kosher salt

- olive oil

The Rest.

- scallop

- smoked broccoli

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Colts game nachos!

- smoked chicken breast

- smoked yellow bell pepper

- red onion

- guacamole

- pico de gallo

- tomato

- korean chile pepper

- cilantro

- habanero cheese

- yogurt

- tortilla chips

- kale

- romaine

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Smoked salmon!

- homemade hot smoked salmon

- kosher salt

- red onion

- yogurt

- black pepper

- terry & erin’s pepper relish

- avocado

- greens

- meena’s dressing

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Chicken milanesa with maggi ranch ala Tois Familia in LA ... our version was ok!

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Breakfast tacos just seems sorta better with chili.  Dunno, just like ... IMHO.

- chili

- egg

- radish

- parsley

- cheddar

- tomato

- fat rice hot sauce

- tortilla

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It’s upon us.  Chili season is here. 

- ground dark meat chili

- chorizo

- fire roasted tomato

- dark chocolate

- apple cider vinegar

- ancho chiles

- ancho chili powder

- kosher salt

- cheddar

- red onion

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chicken and slaw!  and pickled jalapeño!

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Meena left me kimchi burgers for dinner!

Burger.

- grass fed beef

- kimchi

- kosher salt

- black pepper

- sesame oil

Sauce.

- kewpie payo

- kimchi

- rice vinegar

- soy sauce

The Rest. 

- gem lettuce

- pickled cucumber

- avocado

- cilantro

- korean red chile pepper

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I liked this salad.  It had shrimps in it.  

- shrimp

- gem lettuce

- pickled cucumbers

- korean red peppers

- habanero hot sauce

- pickled carrot

- avocado

- quinoa

- meena’s dressing (lemon, anchovy, olive oil, salt)