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Category Archives: Summer Dishes

Summer Gazpacho & French Grilled Cheese

August 4, 2015by Ben Gaiarin 1 Comment

So when I first arrived in Paris about three weeks ago, the first recipe that I created was a Franco-Spanish twist on the classic American comfort dish of grilled cheese […]

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Papa’s Zuppa di Pesce

May 29, 2015by Ben Gaiarin Leave a comment

“Zuppa di Pesce” = Soup of Fish My father, a native of Venezia, Italy, grew up in a household where the Mediterranean diet reigned as life’s golden rule. My nonna […]

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Blog, Fall Dishes, Recipes, Seafood, Soup and Stew, Spring Dishes, Summer Dishes, Winter Dishes

Curly Sweet Potato Chips

March 13, 2015by Ben Gaiarin 77 Comments

This is just a basic recipe for fabulous crispy fried sweet potato chips, hand sliced in house. They’re great as a side, for a snack, or on the BenGusto™ recipe […]

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Blog, Fall Dishes, Recipes, Sides, Spring Dishes, Summer Dishes, Vegetarian, Winter Dishes

A Schoolboy’s Grilled Lemon-Herb Chicken

February 16, 2015by Ben Gaiarin 90 Comments

At the end of each school quarter, a group of about 10 guy friends and I get together to rinse off all our fresh knowledge with grilled chicken and sausage. […]

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“Bencake” & Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

February 3, 2015by Ben Gaiarin 197 Comments

In the dead of winter, amidst the trudging through thick frost on snowy evenings, it can be heartwarming to open up a cookbook just to take a peek at summer […]

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Rosemary Onion Focaccia

December 30, 2014by Ben Gaiarin 209 Comments

Much of my childhood summers were spent running around my Nonna’s mountain village in Liguria, Italy, joining in squirt gun wars with Italian and German kids of the village. The […]

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Spicy Sauteéd Rainbow Carrots

November 5, 2014by Ben Gaiarin 179 Comments

Any chic qualities carrots once had have been dried away with baby food jars and large stock pots. Let’s face it: carrots can be boring. There was a moment when […]

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