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		<title>Sweet Pepper and Green Tomatoes Marmalade</title>
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Lately At the markets, there are so many varieties of tomatoes it’s mind blowing. They look amazing…so colorful, so sometimes I get them just for their looks. Yes I’m that futile…Looks are very important to me. I buy books sometimes without even reading the excerpt just because the cover is pretty. And wouldn’t be different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/03/09/sweet-pepper-and-green-tomatoes-marmalade/</link>
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		<title>Roasted Zucchini Blossoms Salad</title>
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Saveur is having another contest; now it’s about spring produce. Last month it was a cover contest. I love their website because they really give bloggers some exposure (which I think is lovely). Don’t get me wrong I still love the paper magazines, but I spent an enormous amount of time online. So it’s only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/03/05/roasted-zucchini-blossoms-salad/</link>
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		<title>Chicken Provencal</title>
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Do you know how sometimes you remember some food you had when you were a kid and you can’t stop thinking about it. That’s what happened to me, I was with this chicken dish in my head for maybe 2 weeks. It was one of my grandmother’s favorites. She used to cook that and served [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/03/01/chicken-provencal/</link>
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		<title>Hazelnut and Banana Cake</title>
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Since I got my DL I have been driving quite a lot, it means I have done a bunch of SNAFUS on the road. Opsie!! Luckily nothing major didn’t kill anyone or run over any squirrel. I just have to get used to it again. Last week as I told you I had a guest visiting. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/02/25/hazelnut-and-banana-cake/</link>
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		<title>shakshuka for Brunch</title>
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This weekend we had a friend from NY visiting us. We know each other for 7 years, he is really a sweet heart. So we went all over Los Angeles, and Malibu, and of course we were talking about food and family recipes, he also loves to cook, and have many delicious authentic Turkish recipes, that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/02/23/shakshuka-for-brunch/</link>
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		<title>Pasta with Broccolini and Kielbasa Sausage</title>
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Tuesday was my driving test, to get my driver’s license, so when I left the house in the morning my husband said:
Him– Good luck, but don’t be upset if you fail the first test.
Me- I’m not going to fail.
Him- yeah right, I’m the king of the road and I failed my first test. It’s okay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/02/18/pasta-with-broccolini-and-kielbasa-sausage/</link>
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		<title>Going for a hike you, me and Louis.</title>
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Monday my husband decided to surprise me and take me for a ride. The day was glorious, sunny; the temperature was in the 80s it felt like summer. He didn’t tell me where we were going no matter how much I asked.  So imagine my reaction when we entered the “Solstice Canyon” I was beyond [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/02/17/going-for-a-hike-you-me-and-louis/</link>
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		<title>White Beans and Cherry Tomatoes Salad</title>
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I was having a bit of an existential crisis this week or was it midlife crises? I not quite sure, but it definitely was one of them. It involved a lot of self-doubt and thinking that I’m not good enough, a sense of doom, a feeling that somewhere somebody was conspiring against me.  That’s not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/02/14/white-beans-and-cherry-tomatoes-salad/</link>
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		<title>Beef and Leeks Couscous</title>
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Did you all have guacamole and nachos yesterday? I was at the supermarket and the avocado stand had a line, on the other side   few guys were standing in front of the tortilla chips and salsa trying to choose between traditional or jalapeños. So when I asked the supermarket person for leeks he gave [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/02/08/beef-and-leeks-couscous/</link>
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		<title>Bacon And Onion Marmalade Focaccia</title>
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Are you guys watching Antonio Bordain “No Reservation” New season? Every week he is showing something delicious, last night he was in Prague and it was pork paradise.  Loved the ‘Wenceslas Square’ Sausage Stands, and ‘Sapa’ Vietnamese Market, But what left me really craving was the stuffed Easter bun he had in that chef’s house [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/02/02/bacon-and-onion-marmalade-focaccia/</link>
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		<title>Minty Lemon Bars</title>
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Today when I was strolling on the Santa Monica FM I was amazed with the beauty of all the produce, and it’s not even spring yet.  The zucchini blossoms and the artichokes they look out of this world.  What I love about my neighborhood is I walk a few blocks and I get to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/01/30/minty-lemon-bars/</link>
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		<title>Greek Meatballs and Pita</title>
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The ups and downs of living like a nomad! I have being changing locations for the passed decades, way more than I envisioned for myself, but somehow life kept making these changes on me. First time was when I decided that my city in the countryside of Sao Paulo, Brazil, was too small for me. I was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/01/23/greek-meatballs-and-pita/</link>
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		<title>Almond And Apple Cake</title>
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Boy, oh boy, it’s raining cats and dogs outside. And what could be better to cheer oneself up than an upside down apple cake. I was looking at one of my magazines and found this recipe. It’s extremely easy and delicious, and the crushed almonds make it fabulous.
 Note: Please donate anything you can to UNICEF or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/01/20/almond-and-apple-cake/</link>
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		<title>Think Like A Chef!</title>
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As my blog name says I’m a Chef Wannabe, so I’m devoted to study all my favorite chefs techniques. And I listen to them avidly trying to assimilate all the information. I have their books, I watch their shows and since I started this blog I think I have learned a lot. Part because I’m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/01/15/roasted-cauliflower-and-fennel-soup/</link>
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		<title>Chefwanabe is Going Slow!</title>
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Do you know those ends of the year resolutions that go down the drain in less than 2 weeks? Yes…. I have my share of them, they were: “I’m going to exercise every morning” or “I’m not touching sugar or flour” or “I’m not going to gobble cookies afternoon when feeling alone” or…. Well you know…those foolish things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/01/12/chefwanabe-is-going-slow/</link>
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		<title>Quinoa Salad</title>
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This morning I had my driver’s license test and I failed, oh dear… I failed. The good thing was the woman behind the counter was in a very good mood. It started with my picture; she was all-helpful telling me how to fix my hair and how to turn my head. So when she saw [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/01/05/quinoa-salad/</link>
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		<title>Asparagus and Olives Cake</title>
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Out with old and embrace the new. Today I started my day tossing out dead plants ( yes…. I’m a plant killer) they die not because I don’t care for them; they died maybe because I care too much. And I have no clue about how to care for plants. I spent hours googling and googling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2010/01/01/asparagus-and-olives-cake-5/</link>
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		<title>Almond and Raspberry Cake</title>
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The familiar sounds from where you live, have you notice that? I never paid munch attention to that before, but now that I changed places It became part of my thoughts. It’s much quieter here and you can hear people and kids and *GASP* birds. Yes I can hear birds in the morning, first day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/12/16/almond-and-raspberry-cake/</link>
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		<title>The Best Tomato Sauce Ever</title>
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I don’t know about you guys but I watch every chef program available, It’s like cook school for me. I love Top Chef, Chopped, Iron Chef, and now there is the Chef Academy with this Famous French chef Jean Christophe Novelli at Bravo on Mondays. It’s really funny because they of course choose the right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/12/08/the-best-tomato-sauce-ever/</link>
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		<title>Fennel Feta Salad</title>
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OMG!! I can’t believe I finish unpacking my boxes, I thought it would never end. Such a mess and to find a place for everything, wow…. Turns out everything had to be organized differently. But now I’m done and enjoying the amazing weather, it’s winter and we can go out wearing a short sleeve T-shirt… [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/11/29/fennel-feta-salad/</link>
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		<title>Sunny and Uber Cool!</title>
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Oh house hunting! Oh Dear! I believe there must be a special place in heaven for house hunters because the pain of looking into certain houses is unbearable. Last week I left NY to go and find an apartment in L.A with a bag full of optimism and a list of wants and needs. And I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/10/31/sunny-and-uber-cool/</link>
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		<title>Lemon Bread</title>
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If life gives you lemons? Bake delicious lemon bread… Yes, life can be a bit chaotic sometimes, and right now I’m a bit overwhelmed with all the moving across the country thing. Tuesday I’m going to L.A to look for apartments and I’m very anxious to see what I can find. One thing I know…the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/10/18/lemon-bread/</link>
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		<title>Lamb Tagine</title>
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Yesterday we went to the Guggenheim Museum to see the Kandinsky exhibition. It was a nice afternoon I love the bright colors he used. But the place was really full you could hardily see the paintings and some people, God bless their souls, had to almost touch the paintings with their noses to see it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/10/10/lamb-tagine/</link>
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		<title>Zucchini Tart</title>
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Summer is over, actually according to all the stores here in New York even fall is over, they are having fall sales and the puffy coats are on… how did all that happened? Some stores already have Christmas tunes playing can you believe that? It’s a nonsense Halloween / Christmas decoration. But it somehow make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/10/07/zucchini-tart/</link>
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		<title>Dear Barnes &amp; Nobles</title>
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It’s not a secret that I love… love recipe books, so much so, that when I’m a bit sad or upset I go to Barnes &#38; Nobles where quite quickly everything just start to seem foolish to me, and the sadness is carried away only to be replaced by an amusement park comprised of books [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/09/24/dear-barnes-nobles/</link>
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		<title>Roasted Vegetables Cake</title>
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Life is a bit hectic lately around here and the reason for that is we decided to move to the West Coast. I’m extremely exited with this, but man…. it’s a mess. I started to organize my stuff and realized I have way too much stuff. Half of my boxes will be with recipe books. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/09/22/roasted-vegetables-cake/</link>
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		<title>Orange Almond Cake</title>
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I’m a ‘Food Network’ avid follower. I love Top Chef, Chopped, and iron Chef America because it’s at a higher level than home cooking (witch I don’t think is bad at all) but it is interesting to learn from professionals. I’ve learned a lot with those programs. I’m always reading about famous chefs, and have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/09/15/orange-almond-cake/</link>
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		<title>Meatballs and Clams</title>
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Yuruuulll my hubby is back; FINNALY…there was plenty of talking to the walls around here. Long conversations with Basil plants, nooo…. Rosemary I didn’t forget you, I know I bugged the hell out of your ears too. If Talking to plants make them flourish I will have the biggest bushes in town. But it’s over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/09/12/meatballs-and-clams/</link>
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		<title>Spanish Frittata</title>
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Oh dear! My husband is going to be away for a week and I can tell you it’s going to be a looooooooooooong week. I hate when we have to be apart, because he is not only my husband he is also my best friend, he makes me laugh all the time. I always tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/09/05/spanish-frittata/</link>
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		<title>Beetroot Cake</title>
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This weekend we went to see “Vogue the September issue” at Sunshine cinema. We got there a bit early bought a bar of chocolate each and where sitting there waiting taping our phones checking for emails, tweets, etc… as we watched the crowd coming and trying to find seats. It was a fashionable crowd, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chefwanabe.com/2009/08/31/beetroot-cake/</link>
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