Pumpkins, squashes & gourds
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York Castle Tropical Ice Cream - 26 Oct 2010
This is one of my favorite spots not just for its exotic ice cream flavors. Fall is the best time of year for one of them - Pumpkin.
Owner Caroline Tay is also one of my favorite market people. Like me, she thinks Washingtonians should venture beyond the diamond for their culinary adventures. After all, her ice cream parlor is just at the top of 16th Street where it meets Georgia Avenue - a straight shot from the 7th Street NW Convention Center.
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Butternut Squash Soup with Spiced Pumpkin Seeds and Tart Apple - 26 Oct 2010
Ethan McKee, chef at Notti Bianchi and Circle One Bistro, made this recipe when at Rock Creek at Mazza. It's a rich and rounded soup, low in calories, that loses nothing of its nutrition values. It all goes to show you don't need creams and butters to add body and depth to a recipe. read more...
The lunch shift is over and chef Peter Smith, owner of PS 7’s restaurant is surrounded by gin. No, he’s not relaxing over a drink. The gin is in bowls in an pre-formed state. It’s the mash, a mix of herbs and berries and peels and roots that Smith has worked out how to use in his food as flavorings.
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