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Nopales Salad & Fried Plantains

August 17, 2017 By Nicole Coudal [comments]

I recently visited the Sarasota Swap Meet to do some research for an article I'm writing for Visit Sarasota. There weren’t many vendors, but that’s probably because it was Sunday, off season, and a scorcher of a day. I saw lots of gently-used treasures, but the best stuff was at the Latin produce vendor tent tucked in a corner of the field. The place was filled with corn husks, plantains, tropical fruit, chayote, avocado, tomatoes, chiles and tomatillos, and the folks running it were scraping ...

Seared Scallops with Pine Nut, Lemon & Tarragon Topping

How do YOU pronounce scallops, those tasty, saltwater bi-valves? I heard myself ordering them at the fish counter recently – it went something like “I’d like a half pound of skal-ups, please.” Holy cow. No one would ever believe I’m originally from New England. . . Why? Because there are purists from that iconic area…

Mango-Lime Curd

I recently joined an online cookbook club and my first task was to make something from Dorie Greenspan’s lovely booked Baking Chez Moi, filled with delicious recipes. I was determined to find something that seemed easy to make (let’s be honest, I was not going to tackle puff pastry from scratch) AND incorporated in-season ingredients,…

Gold Rush Griddle Cookies

While digging through my grandmother’s recipe box, hoping to find inspiration for a post this week, I came across “Gold Rush Griddle Cookies” and my heart warmed. . . Since I was a kid (early 1970s, that is), my mom made these as breakfast treats. I’m not sure if she found the recipe first, or…

Have a Picnic!

I recently wrote an article for a lovely magazine called Edible Sarasota titled Florida Picnic, which included my own creations for summer dishes like chicken sandwiches with mango-mayo, lime-infused berry salad, peach/mint panzanella, and lemongrass-lime shrimp. Please check out the link for the full story, and the recipes, if you’d like to know more 🙂 As…