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Christmas Eve Chez Spice Mogul

December 26, 2009

Part of the great fun of any holiday is inventing new traditions. This year to celebrate the launch of Spice Mogul, we made a big triple sized batch of our Madras No. 4 lamb curry with a slew of “boys” to feed the family mob (including kids) and add a little spice to the [...]

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Chicken a la King – Peruvian Style

December 7, 2009

Let’s face it, Chicken a la King can be a snoozer. Comforting perhaps, but a bit of a culinary soporific. When that classic dish travels south of the border, however, it sizzles. The Peruvian version, Aji de Gallina, adds walnuts, Parmesan and spicy aji amarillo chilis to give it zing and depth of flavor. [...]

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A Different Way to Prepare Chicken

October 1, 2009

It’s hard to do new variation on chicken, but at a dinner the other night my good friend Joel served a roast chicken coated in smoked Spanish paprika and ground Aleppo peppers from Turkey, surrounded by roasted red peppers and kalamata olives.  The flavor was incredible – and the deep red color was quite the [...]

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