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When I went out at nine in the morning the thermometer outside my front door was showing 0ºC! By midday the temperature had climbed to 3ºC. (Zero celsius is freezing: 32ºF; 3ºC is about 37ºF.) That’s cold when you live without central heating! I’m pulling out the olla, a big stew pot, and starting to cook a puchero, an Andalusian one-pot meal that is the perfect antidote to wint...


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With cold, drizzling rain and an excess of holiday cheer, by January 2 what I wanted was Garlic Soup—a meal so simple and heart-warming as to be, not trendy, but decidedly old-fashioned. Looking at my archived blog posts, I see I featured Garlic Soup in one of my earliest blogs, January 1, 2010!  Here it is, with a little editing.  GARLIC SOUP FOR THE MORNING-AFTERGarl...


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Luscious turrón mousse to finish the year. Looking ahead to festive dining on New Year’s, before the inevitable January diet, I am planning a meal a little decadent, luxurious with calories. I’ll throw some foie gras into the serving of black-eyed peas, flambé the tenderloin with fine brandy, and, for dessert, indulge in a rich mousse of cream and turrón, almond nougat cand...


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 Power to the beans! They are dressed with horseradish cream sauce.Making a Christmas dinner for vegetarian friends one year, perhaps inspired by the thought of roast beef with accoutrements, I came up with the brilliant combination of green beans with horseradish cream. Seasoning vegetables with unexpected flavors is a good ploy for any special meal, whether vegetaria...


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 A recipe in Flavors of al-Andalus for Christmas cookies that are perfect for Hanukkah because they are made with olive oil. In my new cookbook, FLAVORS OF AL-ANDALUS, The Culinary Legacy of Spain, the chapter of “Sweets and Breads” includes many popular Christmas sweets that can trace their origins to Moorish Spain (711 to 1492), to the communities of Muslim and Sepha...


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