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I have been celebrating the New Year’s Eve at The Mansion for as long as I can remember. But last year, plans changed and at the very last minute, I found myself in Alaçatı – a small villag...

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Here’s the first dish Vera prepared with the ingredients we bought from the Alaçatı farmers market: Almodrote de Kalavasa. It is a zucchini flan with Sephardic origins and very close to the z...

http://cafefernando.com/veras-almodrote/

Peas with marjoram… Simple, seasonal and delicious. First in a series of dishes Baking Fairy and I cooked together. I must have mentioned her here before. She is one of my closest friends. And ...

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I would have never imagined that I’d find myself daydreaming about Brussels sprouts one day. It happens to me a lot with ice cream, Nutella-filled mini doughnuts, bagels and Korova cookies, but...

http://cafefernando.com/creamy-braised-brussels-sprouts/

Preparing a well-balanced, flavorful vegetable broth at home is not only easy, but also a great way to salvage leftover vegetables in your fridge. Simmering a handful of vegetables, herbs and spi...

http://cafefernando.com/how-to-make-a-flavorful-vegetable-broth/

Just like the Mung Bean Salad, Karniyarik wasn’t included in the initial menu for the SF Chronicle article. Instead, I wanted to do a Turkish version of a dish that could have easily filled two...

http://cafefernando.com/karniyarik-bulgur-pilaf-and-cigarette-borek/

It may look like a giant wart, but once you get past the knobbly exterior you are greeted by a deliciously-perfumed flesh. Celeriac, often called the vegetable world’s ugly duckling, is a fragr...

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