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Even as a kid I was wild about artichokes. I love everything from their unusual shape and color to scraping every morsel off each petal. I even love the mountain of spent petals that forms on my plate; the higher it gets, the closer I am to the sweet, buttery heart. I find the flavor [...] (Vegetarians, I have a variation for you too!) In my neighborhood a party invitation to Alfredo and Raquel’s was something to be cherished. One of the loveliest families I know, they enjoy being surrounded by friends and sharing the delicious foods of their native Guam. Their kitchen table always seemed ready to succumb under the weight [...] Growing up my parents didn’t often keep butter around the house, we were more olive oil people. On occasion we would eat it with artichokes or pancakes, but we weren’t big into buttering our bread and it was sacrilege to put butter on grandma’s rolls. A few years ago, as Phil and I sat down [...] |
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