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Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival

September 3, 2010
Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival

Greetings from your guest blogger! I’m Amy Davis, sister of Abigail, faithful reader of Sugar Apple and sometime recipe tester. A couple of weeks ago my husband, Ted, and I attended The Second Annual Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival here in Atlanta and Abigail graciously invited me to blog about it.

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Pappardelle al Cinghiale

August 21, 2010
Pappardelle al Cinghiale

This is the first time in several years that we haven’t attended the Sagra della Pappardelle al Cinghiale in Torre Alfina, Italy, and I must admit I’m missing it.  The tables lined up in the piazza, the village children serving the grownups, chicken and wild boar sausages hot off the grill, good local red wine, and the star of [...]

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Audrey and the Oyster

August 6, 2010
Oyster and Pearl

Audrey is a fairly adventurous eater for a 12-year-old, but she still has her culinary no-fly zones.   She gives a big thumbs down on anything young, cute and furry.  Lamb, veal and rabbit are out.  Texture is important.  Crunchy fried stuff is good.  Slime is bad.  We tried to convince her to try the escargot in Paris but she couldn’t [...]

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Boiled Shrimp and Cocktail Sauce

August 2, 2010
Southern-Style Boiled Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce

By the time you read this, I should be in the air somewhere between Tortola and Greensboro, North Carolina.  I’m going home to spend some time with my folks and pick up Audrey from camp.  I’m not sure when I’ll next have internet access so I’m experimenting with the advance scheduling feature on my site.  Here’s hoping it works!

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Mango Sorbet

July 30, 2010
Mango Sorbet

“Boy, it’s hot.  This is hot.  It never got this hot in Brooklyn.  It’s like Africa hot.  Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot.  I don’t know if I can stay here if it’s going to be this hot.”  Matthew Broderick as Eugene Morris Jerome in Neil Simon’s ”Biloxi Blues”

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Taking the Cure: Pineapple Chow

July 22, 2010
Pineapple Chow

When I feel a cold coming on, nothing sets me right faster than a searing dose of scotch bonnet peppers, the more incendiary the better.  Chicken soup is a fine cure, to be sure.  But what I crave when the fog of a summer cold sets in is a good hot Trinidadian chicken curry.  Served with a stinging hot choka and [...]

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Chicken Liver Pâté

July 7, 2010
Chicken Liver Pate

If there’s one thing we’re good at here in the islands, it’s parties.  Any excuse will do…half birthdays, weird holidays, Tuesdays.  So when Bobby Gray turned 60 a few weeks ago we had ourselves a fine excuse for a party.  Bobby’s wife, the lovely and talented artist Lisa Muddiman Gray, threw a surprise bash at our mutual friend Andy Mudie’s house in the [...]

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Make Your Own Bottarga

June 29, 2010
Spaghetti with Bottarga

Waste not want not, or so they say.  Working on the assumption that there’s a lot of truth in that old chestnut, we’ve almost worked our way through an entire twenty pound mahi mahi.  We’ve had seared mahi mahi with green seasoning, mahi mahi and coconut curry, soy-glazed mahi mahi, mahi mahi in a creole sauce, and fish head curry.  The [...]

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Mushroom Asparagus Risotto

June 23, 2010
Mushroom Asparagus Risotto

We always take at least one extra, empty suitcase when we travel to Italy.  We need something to hold the olive oil,  cantuccini biscotti for Audrey, salumi, cheese, coffee, pasta, rice for risotto, and honey.  And the dried porcini mushrooms.  I love their earthy flavor and use them to add depth to risotti, soups, stews, pot roasts and stuffings.  The ones I [...]

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Bourdain, Bones and a Fish Head Curry

June 16, 2010
Fish Head Curry

I’ve always had a thing for the bad boys.  You know the type - mad, bad, dangerous to know.  I like a man who works hard and plays harder.  I’m not afraid of dirty fingernails or a dirty mind.  A man who can’t curse is no man at all.  Of course, under the bad boy exterior, I do expect [...]

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Watercress Soup

May 29, 2010
Thumbnail image for Watercress Soup

I miss Bones when he travels but at least he does bring back good presents.  No fancy jewelry (for me at least, Audrey’s another story).  My gifts are usually (happily) food-related.  Hot sauces, jellies, jams, honeys, spices, salts…and my favorite – cookbooks.  Many years ago he took a solo trip to the London Boat Show; I wanted to [...]

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At the Market

May 12, 2010
A Nevis fisherman and his catch

Grocery shopping on a small island can be hit or miss at times.  I learned long ago that menus and shopping lists are only rough drafts.  Keep your plans flexible until you hit the shops and see what’s on offer.  Otherwise, disappointment looms.  Instead of planning for tagliatelle with a pork and mushroom ragu, try for pasta with [...]

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Sugar Apple Unplugged

April 20, 2010
Shakshuka

You may have noticed a distinct lack of activity recently here at Sugar Apple.  I haven’t been on vacation or anything exciting like that.  I’ve just been taking a little break from technology.  I can’t remember the last time I unplugged, went for days without turning on the computer.  It’s pretty refreshing and I highly recommend it.  I must admit [...]

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When Life Gives You Limes…

March 26, 2010
Tropical Key Lime Pie

I don’t serve dessert on a regular basis and tend to save the baking of pies and cakes for birthdays, holidays and miscellaneous festive occasions.  When a dinner guest asks what they can bring, my answer is usually “dessert.”  I’ve been known to make a quick cobbler or crumble when the urge strikes.  But a person with a [...]

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Cheesy Grits Casserole

March 23, 2010
Cheesy Grits Casserole

Bones and I have what you might call a mixed marriage.  I, being a born and bred Southerner, love grits.  Bones, being English, does not.  Sometimes a girl gets homesick and requires an infusion of grits and is willing to subject her husband to grits, no matter the outcome.  In such cases, I always break out [...]

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