Armida Cooks!

Semi-intellectual and highly sauced up food blog of Armida: Red Sox fan, champagne lover and wannabee gourmet cook.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Individual Chicken Pot Pies

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It has been so cold in Southern California lately that we've been trying to use the oven as often as possible to keep our tiny apartmen...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Poorman's Crab Cakes

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These tuna cakes take me back to a time when I was a little girl and I loved, just loved watching The Love Boat with my brothers--even tho...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Spicy Habanero BBQ Chicken

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While we were in Portland, Oregon, we ate at Roots Brewery and they had the best Habanero hot sauce called Secret Aardvark Habanero Sauce...
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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Garlicky Baked Salmon

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I've been kind of lax with my postings lately and that has to do with two things: 1. my camera died and I can't take pictures of my...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Creamy Grits with Shrimp

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If you've ever been to the South, you've probably had shrimp and grits for breakfast or even lunch. This is a super yummy, creamy a...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

Cocktails: Black Velvet

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If there is a cocktail that best describes me and my boo, I think this is the one! This cocktail contains Guinness, for the Irishness of M...
Thursday, January 10, 2008

"Mock" Huevos Rancheros

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Last weekend, Matthew and I were in Portland, Oregon visiting my lovely cousins. I 'd forgotten that my cuz, Melissa, was a vegetarian-...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

The Perfect Tortilla (Española)

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There are a few dishes that I can say I'm an expert on. One of them is, of course, ceviche. Another one is the perfect rib eye steak, a...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Super Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

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As you all know, I'm not a good baker, so when I see recipe that only involves three ingredients I totally have to go for it. I'm ...
Sunday, December 16, 2007

Potato-Crusted Salmon Fillet

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As the holidays approach, Matt and I have been eating lots of cookies and cakes and breads and we've been going to many holiday parties...
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Sunday, December 09, 2007

T-Bone Steak

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I am a master at cooking rib-eye steaks , so when I bought the biggest T-bone Steak (on sale) that I've ever seen, I said to myself, ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Lussekatter (Swedish St. Lucia Buns)

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Matthew has been on a baking kick lately. Yesterday he made (by accident) a brioche loaf, which was excellent after he sliced it and made...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Pizza Margherita, Sort Of

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I just love buying ready-made pizza dough. I really love the pizza dough that Mona Lisa sells in their deli in Little Italy (SD), but Trade...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Gnocchi Parisienne

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So, as some of you may know, I have a difficult time making gnocchi or dumplings. Actually, anything that involved making a light pastry wi...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

Meatballs in Tomato Sauce, French Style

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I saw this recipe in Food and Wine magazine and when I realized Chef Jacques Pépin created it, I had to try it. But of course, being the Vi...
Sunday, November 04, 2007

Pasta de Sardine

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On weeknights when both Matt and I get home late from work, I turn to this super easy pasta to make for dinner. I came up with thi...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

Pan de Muerto - Day of the Dead Bread

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The Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition inherited from the rituals that were once practiced by the Aztecs, Toltecas, Chichimecas and May...
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