WILD MEXICAN BABY FLOUNDER TAQUITOS

Makes 6 taquitos.

Ingredients...

1 Lb of Flounder
1 & 1/2 Cup Tomatoes
1 Cup White Onion
1 Ear of Corn
1/2 Cup Cilantro
1 Lemon
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Flour Tortillas

Preheat oven to 35o degrees.
Set the baby flounder in a glass dish and rub with olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon and salt and pepper. Place in the oven until you can smell it (roughly 25 minutes).

Dice tomatoes and white onion, add cilantro. Squeeze the other half of the lemon and mix together. Salt and Pepper to taste.

Take one ear of corn and slice the kernels off. Place in a pan on high heat, occasionally moving them around so they get evenly browned. When done, add to your tomato, white onion and cilantro mixture.

I wasn't quite sure how I was going to do the tacos so I took a large frying pan and added recycled onion oil from my onion rings that I made a few nights ago. My fish was done and I was ready to assemble. Lay a flour tortilla flat and place vegetable and cilantro mixture and top with flounder. Roll them right up. When oil is hot enough, you can put 2 in at a time. Make sure you place the opening face down so the hot oil instantly seals in the goods. Let each side cook for 3 minutes.

Light, healthy, beach living food for the desert...

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Maison Martin Margiela

HEY THERE HONEY APPLE BAKLAVA! YOUR LOOKIN GOOD!

You will need a basting brush. Or a clean paint brush (probably not a good idea, though.)

Ingredients...

Filo Dough
Green Apples
Cinnamon
Brown Sugar
White Sugar
Vanilla
Butter
Honey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Dice 2 green apples and throw in a bowl along with 1 heaping tablespoon of cinnamon and 2 tablespoons of the brown and white sugars. Oh- and don't forget the vanilla, about 2 teaspoons, or more if you like, it is tasty stuff.

On medium heat cook those ingredients along with some butter (as much as you love) in a pan. Let them cook down a bit, about 10 minutes and remove.

Filo dough is fantastic and you can get quite a bit of it at 17th St. Market for something like $2.75 a box. You will find it in the freezer section. Before you start this easy process, why don't you melt about 1/4 cup of butter (easiest way- microwaved and in large coffee mug).

Once you have done all of the above you are ready to start. I did 4 layers of filo, then topping and did that times 4. I also cooked this in a small rectangle glass dish. SO, I buttered that dish and then laid down a sheet of filo, brushed warm melted butter and put my second filo sheet on top and so on until I had my 4 layers. Next the apple topping with drizzled honey and then repeat. Don't forget to top with filo not the apples. Make sure you have plenty of butter in between the sheets of dough, this is key.

Does that make sense?

Let cook until it is crispy, golden brown, and beautiful. And then eat for breakfast with strong black coffee or after dinner desert. Or in my case last night, Apple Baklava is what I had for dinner.

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Derek Lam

AND THIS IS WHAT WE SHALL PARTAKE IN AT EVERY MEAL

Onion Rings for 2

Ingredients...

1 Large Yellow Onion
Vegetable Oil
Butter Milk
Cornmeal
Flour
Salt & Pepper

Slice the onion rings about a half an inch thick and try not to shed a tear. Next, in a large bowl add about 1 to 2 cups of buttermilk and salt and pepper to taste and let the rings soak for an hour or two.

Once you are ready to fry, get a large stock pot and fill with about 2 to 3 inches of vegetable oil. Heat until it reaches about 200 degrees.

In a separate bowl add about a half a cup of flour and half a cup of cornmeal, more dashes of salt and pepper and mix. Coat about 5 onion rings at a time for frying. You don't want to crowd them. Flip with tongs until they are golden brown and have been kissed by the batter-fried gods.

Dip in lots of ketchup.

Recycle the oil for future fried cooking endeavors.

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Alexander McQueen