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ChickenBiryani
Chef Rico Mandel

My classic dish challenge – Chicken Biryani

When presented with this challenge it got me excited. I immediately began to think about either the middle east or India. Having cooked and prepared many dishes using a number of classical techniques from the European culinary world, I was

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Chef Rico Mandel

Voting is open – Project Food Blog

Hi All, I’ve entered the competition for Project Food Blog to see who will be the next food blog star. You can cast your vote for me right above the blog post for the readers’ choice in this week’s challenge,

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ChickenFig
Chef Rico Mandel

Why a food blogger?

As a culinary blogger I am always looking to bring a new and fresh perspective to the readers. For me it’s about going behind the scenes and giving as much of an insiders look at what’s going on. What I

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Chef Rico Mandel

An Italian Culinary Extravaganza

It was an evening to be remembered. I was asked by my friend Jeff Silverman and his wife Stefanie to create an Italian evening cooking class and demonstration for a fundraiser for Wilbur Elementary School. As we considered the evening

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Chef Rico Mandel

Videos and Interviews

This week was an amazing week. On Wednesday I worked at the Saddle Peak Lodge de-boning rabbits, making stuffing and helping to make the roulades. I’ll be doing a post on that in more detail. On Thursday I held a

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Chef Rico Mandel

Foodie Fights Battle Kohlrabi and Rosemary

What an experience. It is rare now a days that I come across an ingredient that I am not familiar with.  I have always been curious about Kohlrabi but never got around to working with it until now.  So I

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