{"id":3026,"date":"2012-04-27T17:24:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T21:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2012-04-30T13:50:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:50:55","slug":"baby-artichoke-walnut-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/baby-artichoke-walnut-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Artichoke & Walnut Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"G<\/span>reetings from Scottsdale, Arizona!! We are calling it home for a few months, and I’m already missing Orlando too much.<\/p>\n

The typical days leading up to my flight yesterday pretty much sums up to CRAZY-BUSY!! So if I’ve yet to respond to emails\/comments\/etc, promise to get back to normalcy soon.<\/p>\n

Meantime, don’t just gawk at this photos. If you are like me, and haven’t tried artichokes ever, this is the recipe to begin the culinary journey of “introduction to artichokes<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

But before you get all too excited, I want to warn you of the repercussions.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0repercussions\u00a0of cleaning and prepping artichokes are mind boggling. It takes a whole lotta attention to detail. But once you get the hang of things, it can be as easy as A-B-C.<\/p>\n

Or you can always forget about getting the prickly stuff and approach the frozen ail in your local grocery store to grab a bag of artichoke hearts.<\/p>\n

It’ll do you good.<\/p>\n

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I’ve shaved precious time prepping the artichokes from scratch. So if you are using store-bought, don’t tell me. Because I can guarantee of being ENVIOUS.<\/p>\n

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Let’s talk about my flight to Scottsdale. Well, it was so bumpy. There was turbulence almost 90% of the time and it was a miserable 5 hours journey.<\/p>\n

But I made it and cannot wait to explore this new place. There’s so much to share with you, especially the landscapes since Arizona is so different from Florida.<\/p>\n

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Let’s just say that this is a warning to future posts that might or not feature cactus. There’s plenty of cactus and sand over here.<\/p>\n

Not your typical beach sand (i wish!). It’s more desert-y<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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