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romaine lettuce, tomato & cucumber salad, grape leaves, and kabob!

Anything with capers and olives!

In the spring and summer we tend to eat a lot of dinners with raw vegetables, hummus or bean salads, and a good chunk of bread and cheese.

I could eat dal any day of the week. I'd love to improve my palak paneer though.

I haven't tried them yet but I would love to!

Lox on a Black Russian bagel with cream cheese, capers, onions, and tomatoes!

My favorite Thanksgiving side is my Grandma's chestnut stuffing.

Since others have listed some old standbys here are my favorite DC blogs:
Pete Bakes!
Macheesmo
The Bitten Word
Arugula Files

Vietnamese, Ethiopian, or Moroccan. I think it's all about building the staples in your pantry, I've made some really great Thai food this year just by buying fish sauce.

I think the most remote place I've ever been is Le Moule, Guadelopue. I lived there for a summer in high school with a family on a farm property where they grew bananas. The mother used to say that green bananas were a "vegetable" and yellow bananas were a fruit. She would make green banana gratain. I will never ever try to replicate that dish.

Spicy tomato sauce over potatoes topped with a fried egg or two. When I studied in Spain my host family would make this all the time. Yum!

To throw away less food, to try new things, and to eat good meals with the people I love!