Taming of the Spoon

Eat everything {in moderation}

Garlic Shrimp with Oregano and Feta

The kids are finally out of school and all I want to do is sleep and let the kids fend for themselves. Unfortunately, teenagers really aren't as self-sufficent as you would think and, left to their own devices, meals would consist of quesadillas, mac and cheese from a box and cookies (at least, they make those from scratch). Even with one daughter …
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Blueberry Lemon Drop Cocktail and a Spring Menu Tasting at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse

Are you ready for the long weekend? I'm not only ready for a long weekend, I'm ready for summer vacation. The kids are out of school in a week and I am counting down the days. It's been a rough year for all of us. With one child enduring a killer school work load and another child enduring the highs and lows of senior year, I feel like we could all …
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Vietnamese Shaking Beef (Bò Lúc Lắc)

There are some dishes that I will always connect with my childhood. Vietnamese Shaking Beef is one of those dishes. Until recently, I had never made it before. Shaking beef (or bò lúc lắc as I have always called it) was a dish only my father made. My mother, who did the large majority of the cooking when I was growing up, had a huge repertoire of …
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Blueberry Bread Puddings with Lemon Curd

It's blueberry season! This means we are happily buying quarts of the little gems at the farmers market every weekend and are busy making blueberry pancakes, blueberry scones, and blueberry muffins while sprinkling them on yogurt, oatmeal, and anything else that might be on the table. It also means we are busily looking for new blueberry recipes to …
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Vietnamese Egg Quiche

When my husband and I were first dating and I started cooking Vietnamese dishes for him, I would preface every meal with, "this dish is kinda ethnic so you may not like it." No matter how mainstream the dish was, it got the "it's kinda ethnic" introduction. I no longer introduce every Vietnamese recipe this way but every once in awhile I …
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Chicken and Veggie Pad Thai

I love recipes where veggies are automatically included in the the main part of the meal and I don't have to think about cooking a side dish. Bonus points if the recipe is easy. Delicious, of course, goes without saying. It's for all those reasons and more that I love this chicken and veggie pad thai recipe. You get everything you need in one …
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Tangerine Sorbet

I think it was a year ago when I promised a trio of fruit sorbets. I managed to get two recipes posted pretty quickly but I never got a great idea for the third one and I kinda let it slide. Finally, ten months later and half a world away, inspiration struck. On an idyllic island in the Maldives where life slowed down and nature's beauty felt …
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