Salmon Japonais

Salmon Japonais is inspired by a salmon dish my family and I experienced during our recent visit to Chicago’s Japonais, an up-scale, sophisticated, yet comfortable Japanese Restaurant. Each dish was a work of art.
We loved it so much that we ate there during our first night and again during our last evening. On both occasions, [...]

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Gazpacho Soup

From the land of sun drenched summers, where sunlight bathes every object and colors vibrate comes Gazpacho Soup.
It was during one of my walks through the streets of Barcelona, Spain that I came upon this chilled soup at a local Spanish restaurant made with farm fresh vegetables. After my first spoonful, I knew I had [...]

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Frequent-Flyer Miles: A Free Ticket to Freedom and Heaven

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In recent years I have been flying back and forth from the east coast to the west coast quite frequently to visit loved ones. As a result, I’ve accumulated many frequent-flyer miles. It was great having free flights, but eventually the frequent- flyer miles started to expire. Afterall, how many times could I [...]

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