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Vietnamese boiled peanuts in a white bowl with fresh herbs and red and green chilies. On a brown linen tablecloth. Amber glass and newspaper peaking in at the top, Small green bowl with discarded peanut shells in bottom right.
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Vietnamese Boiled Peanuts 

Three primal blend chicken tacos on a white enamel tray with green trim on a light green linen tablecloth. Small wooden bowls are scattered around with cheese, tomatoes, avocado, limes, corn tortillas and there's also a bottle of Valentina hot sauce.
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Primal Blend Chicken Tacos

Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya in an off white Dutch oven with a white serving spoon in it. Patinaed silver salt and pepper shakers are in the top left corner. A waterglass and pan lid are in the top right, and a stack of unglazed ceramic plates is on the bottom right with a fork and knife poking into frame.
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Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya

Cheesy grit casserole with sausage in a large white casserole dish on a thick oatmeal colored woven textile with unglazed clay side plates, coffee and water cups at the top of image. There's a silver patinaed modern spoon in the left corner resting on a deep orange linen napkin.
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Cheesy Grit Casserole with Sausage

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Sweet Potato Blondie with Pecan Pie Bites in 4 rows of 5 with a casserole pan and spatula at the top of the left hand corner.

Sweet Potato Blondie with Pecan Pie Glaze

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Almond Crusted Chicken Cutlets on a matte slate blue platter with a lemon wedge and pewter serving fork on a salmon colored napkin.

Almond Crusted Chicken Cutlets

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Cauliflower alfredo sauce in a skillet on a countertop. A hand crackers fresh pepper into the sauce.

Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

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Chickpea Seed Cracker

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Veggie fried black rice in a ceramic bowl on a brown tablecloth with an avocado and chili sauce on the side

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Georgia Peach & Vidalia BBQ Sauce in a small white bowl on a light blue platter with grilled pork. A wood handled knife rests on the right side of the platter as it sits on a heavy burnt orange linen cloth.
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Georgia Peach & Vidalia BBQ Sauce

Southwestern Cobb with Creamy Chipotle Dressing on a round white platter on a cream and light blue textile. Wooden serving spoons sit to the left of the plate. A small bowl of dressing is on the top left, small glass pitcher on the top right. Antique salt and pepper shakers on the bottom right.
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Southwestern Cobb with Creamy Chipotle Dressing

3 Vegan Charred Veggie & Refried Bean Tacos on an aluminum grill pan with a wedged lime and a small wood bowl with Yucatecan salsa and wood spoon. Wood handled knife resting on pan. Blue/green/orang/red striped linen tablecloth and a can of soda water in the right bottom corner.
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Charred Veggie & Refried Bean Tacos

Berbere Chicken Skewers on a bed of grilled vegetables on a copper platter being held by a woman wearing a tan linen apron and white tshirt.
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Berbere Chicken Skewers

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Spring Salad with Sherry Dijon Dressing – a healthy mix of peas, potatoes, and feta cheese
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Spring Salad with Sherry Dijon Dressing

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Strawberry Almond Granola

Grilled Miso Glazed Hakurai Turnips
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Grilled Miso Glazed Japanese Hakurei Turnips

A white bowl is filled with harissa carrot hummus. The hummus is garnished with chickpeas and a stack of seed crackers sits on the side of the bowl.
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Roasted Carrot Harissa Hummus

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Guajillo Garlic Shrimp on an oval white platter with a white serving spoon tucked in. A bowl of cut limes is in the top right corner. Platter sits on a dusty rose linen tablecloth.
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Guajillo Garlic Shrimp

Southwestern Cobb with Creamy Chipotle Dressing on a round white platter on a cream and light blue textile. Wooden serving spoons sit to the left of the plate. A small bowl of dressing is on the top left, small glass pitcher on the top right. Antique salt and pepper shakers on the bottom right.
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Southwestern Cobb with Creamy Chipotle Dressing

African Stewed Okra in a black ceramic bowl with a side of white rice, garnished with cilantro leaves.
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African Stewed Okra in Peanut Sauce

Peach & Tomato Caprese with Ricotta on a plate with a red and white checkered tablecloth
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Peach & Tomato Caprese with Ricotta

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Apple & Beet Slaw with Carrot Ginger Dressing in a dark metallic glazed shallow bowl on a burgundy linen tablecloth with a white plaster wall in the background.
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Apple & Beet Slaw with Carrot Ginger Dressing

Roasted Root Veggie Salad with EAsy Lemon Dressing in a black salad bowl on a butter colored tablecloth with a black spoon and fork and a couple of side plates peeking in.
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Root Vegetable Salad with Easy Lemon Dressing

Sweet Potato & Spinach Wrap being held up by the author's hand against an ivory plaster surface.
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Sweet Potato and Spinach Wrap

A blue soup bowl is filled with wild rice soup and sits on a white countertop with a napkin and spoon to the left side.
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Chicken and Mushroom Wild Rice Soup

Chicken & Root Vegetable Soup in a brown earthenware bowl on a sge napkin with a simple gunmetal finish spoon. Red glass in bottom left corner and second soup serving in bottom right corner.
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Roasted Chicken and Root Vegetable Soup

Crispy Smashed Brussels Sprouts in. a black oval platter with a charred lemon on a light yellow linen tablecloth.
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Crispy Smashed Brussels Sprouts 

Caviar Pie topped with black osetra caviar and bright orange trout roe, presented in a large abalone shell with a mother-of-pearl spoon and kettle chips in the background on a green velvet cloth.
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Caviar Pie

Kale salad with parmesan dressing on a mustard colored plate on a mustard colored linen tablecloth with a fork, glass of water and bowl of toasted pecans.
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Kale Salad with Parmesan Dressing

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Southwestern Cobb with Creamy Chipotle Dressing on a round white platter on a cream and light blue textile. Wooden serving spoons sit to the left of the plate. A small bowl of dressing is on the top left, small glass pitcher on the top right. Antique salt and pepper shakers on the bottom right.
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Southwestern Cobb with Creamy Chipotle Dressing

Smoked Trout and Green Tomato Salad on an oval platter on a light green linen cloth. Small bowl of roasted tomato dressing in top right corner, olive wood serving utensils on left side of platter.
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Smoked Trout and Grilled Green Tomato Salad

Spring Nicoise Salad on a light blue platter. Hand reaching above it against a background of textured linen cloth in cream, dusty rose and dusty pink stripes.
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Grilled Niçoise Salad

Apple & Beet Slaw with Carrot Ginger Dressing in a dark metallic glazed shallow bowl on a burgundy linen tablecloth with a white plaster wall in the background.
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Apple & Beet Slaw with Carrot Ginger Dressing

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