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It is a rule of cooking that the smaller or thinner something is, the faster it cooks. Smashed Chicken, as it is known in my family, bears close resemblance to Chicken Scaloppini, but is actually an approximation of a dish made with skate that I had in a restaurant. In addition to chicken or skate, this recipe also works well with pork loin, any thin piece of mild white fish, or even sliced button mushrooms. The important thing here is to make whatever you’re cooking an even thinness. For chicken breasts or pork loin, that means pounding them between pieces of…

Beatles-Platz at the intersection of the Reeperbahn and Große Freihei in Hamburg features stainless steel sculptures of the Beatles. This one of Paul McCartney frames the scene down Große Freihei, the street where the Beatles performed at a number of clubs. They played their first Hamburg date on Aug. 17, 1960 at the Indra Club. George Harrison was just 17. John Lennon is quoted to have said: "I might have been born in Liverpool - but I grew up in Hamburg." The little Beatlemania Hamburg Museum costs 12 Euros to enter, but it was worth the visit.

Sometimes you want a side dish that is hearty enough to be a vegetarian main dish. This bean, corn and tomato salad with a Southwestern vinaigrette easily does both. In addition, it could be served wrapped in warmed tortillas or scooped up with substantial tortilla chips. It’s a true multipurpose dish. The dressing may be prepared without heating the spices in the oil, but that extra step makes a difference. You can slide by with using dried oregano, but don’t even think about using anything but freshly squeezed lime juice. Two medium-sized limes yield 1/3 cup of juice, but I usually…

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