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Warm Lobster Taco

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Warm Lobster Taco Dean Fearing The Mansion on Turtle Creek Dallas TX The combination of colors and flavors is tantalizing, and the dish is so easy to do. In place of live lobsters, you could use lobster tails or even jumbo shrimp or lump crab meat. Note that the lobsters may be cooked and the [...]

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Flower (Not Flour) Tortillas

Monday, October 12th, 2009

From Chow’s “perfect series”, Chef John Sedlar demonstrates how the perfect tortilla is made. Sedlar’s tortilla is of ancient pre-Columbian descent, made with dried corn kernels subject to an alkaline treatment and real flowers pressed …

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Flower – Not Flour Tortillas « Wonderment Blog

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Flower (Not Flour) Tortillas |► From Chow’s “perfect series”, Chef John Sedlar demonstrates how the perfect tortilla is made. Sedlar’s tortilla is of ancient pre-Columbian descent, made with dried corn kernels subject to an alkaline …

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Pork Fajitas from Chef Josephine Castillo

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

From the Houston area, Josephine Castillo, a home economist and food consultant, cooks the Mexican favorite — fajitas. Traditionally, cheap beef skirt steak is marinated, grilled, sliced into strips, then served in flour tortillas with various toppings. Josephine effectively gilds the lily by substituting pork tender loin for skirt steak.

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Laurenzo, Ninfa

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Ninfa Laurenzotaped atNinfa'sHouston TX It’s a story in the Horatio Alger tradition. From a taco stand in the barrio of Houston, Ninfa Laurenzo, a widow with five children, created a chain of respected restaurants. The strength of Ninfa’s is as basic as it is effective: a menu consisting of the foods of her childhood, such [...]

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Laurenzo, Jack

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Jack Laurenzo and Mary Laurenzo SantosNinfa'sHouston TXhttp://www.mamaninfas.com It’s a story in the Horatio Alger tradition. From a taco stand in the barrio of Houston, Ninfa Laurenzo, a widow with five children, created a chain of highly respected, even revered, Southwestern restaurants. And now her children carry on in her absence, maintaining the reputation she built. [...]

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Laurenzo Santos, Mary

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Jack Laurenzo and Mary Laurenzo SantosNinfa'sHouston TXhttp://www.mamaninfas.com It’s a story in the Horatio Alger tradition. From a taco stand in the barrio of Houston, Ninfa Laurenzo, a widow with five children, created a chain of highly respected, even revered, Southwestern restaurants. And now her children carry on in her absence, maintaining the reputation she built. [...]

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Warm Lobster Taco

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The combination of colors and flavors is tantalizing, and the dish is so easy to do. In place of live lobsters, you could use lobster tails or even jumbo shrimp or lump crab meat.

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