Cooking from Cookbooks: Dinner in an Instant
August 28, 2018
It’s no secret, the Instant Pot® is insanely popular. A popularity boosted by Amazon Prime Day where 300,000 of them were sold in 2018. There are…
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Use the Whole Damned Bag: Lessons from Making Coconut Macaroons
July 31, 2018
I browse through my cupboards inventorying items to figure out what to take to a summer gathering. A wadded up bag of sweetened coconut flakes inspires…
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Cooking from Cookbooks: Modernist Cuisine at Home
July 25, 2018
To kick off my this Cooking from Cookbooks project, I have decided to set the bar high and take on Nathan Myhrvold’s heafty tome, The Modernist…
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Summer Fun: Basil Lemon Ice Cream
June 20, 2018
Lightening things up after my all too heavy and all too revealing last post. So, I bring you something that makes everyone happy – ICE CREAM!…
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Fiddleheads: Annual Indulgence
June 5, 2018
When fiddleheads appear in the springtime, they are inviting with their cute little curls, deeply green coloring and special weirdness. Their houseplant coils whisper healthy, exotic…
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Come, Take a Cooking Class with Me!
December 5, 2016
Whew. 2016 is wrapping up and it has been a wild year. I am not into New Year’s resolutions and making a big hoopla out of…
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Adobo Chicken
September 1, 2016
I made Adobo Chicken last night. Adobo Chicken is sort of an automatic thing. It is a go-to dish when I can’t think of what to do…
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So, You Started a Cookbook Club
May 31, 2016
Sometime ago I read an article on Serious Eats titled “Why Cookbook Clubs Should Be the New Way We Entertain,” and it sounded awesome. To summarize,…
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On Cookbooks: Can’t Cook From It, Why Buy It?
January 6, 2016
I recently read this article titled “The Kitchen Commando” by Daniel Duane in Food and Wine Magazine‘s December 2015 issue. The article was in print and,…
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