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Okra with roasted tomatoes and pink polenta

Okra is typical of the region where my father grew up, where it is served often in a chicken stew. I would like to say it reminds me of my childhood but until very recently I actually never ate it. It’s the slime, you know. It tends to throw kids off. You see, okra tends [...]

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Comfort dinner

Alan is away today at a retirement party in Montreal and while walking home in the cold I kept thinking of one of my favourite dishes growing up – feijão com angu e couve. Literally, black beans with polenta (brazilian style) and collards. Alan is not the biggest fan of either polenta or black beans [...]

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Polenta casserole

I love polenta. Actually, judging by the number of cornbread recipes in this blog, you probably wouldn’t be surprised to find out I love most dishes made out of corn. A simple corn mush, polenta used to be a peasant food before North American restaurants started selling it as a gourmet food. It must be [...]

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