Tag: food
group name: houseandgarden
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February 13, 2007 11:22 PM EST --
Ever eager to explore new cultural traditions (except, in this case, for maybe the main course) I've happily accepted an invitation to my first ever Burns Supper this coming weekend. This is later . . . more
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September 23, 2006 02:34 PM EDT --
Teenage Bread --
But the bread… Sigh. It was nasty, soft, gummy stuff that stuck to the roof of my mouth without benefit of peanut butter. No, not that loaf in the picture, another, sadder loaf. . . . more
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March 17, 2007 04:41 PM EDT --
Geeks come in all sizes, shapes, religions, colors, and areas of geekdom. I have a good friend who's a financial geek -- she really gets off on things like estate planning and income averaging. Go . . . more
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June 07, 2007 01:26 PM EDT --
Next time you're buying your vegetable seedlings at a garden supply store, take a look at the cost of seeds. You'll probably notice they're a lot cheaper than your seedlings Not only is growing . . . more
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October 03, 2006 05:26 PM EDT --
Fall is coming early this year, rushing in like a river when the levee breaks. And like a flooding river, fall creates turmoil. Looking to the hills I see oaks still sporting their summer work . . . more
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September 25, 2006 02:17 PM EDT --
Not a Recipe for Smoked Beaver
I'm a conservative. Not in the current political sense, but where conservatism really counts. For example, the only reason "astronaut" is part of my vocabulary . . . more
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September 21, 2006 11:56 AM EDT --
By Lora Zarubin, Food Editor---
It felt like Christmas, waiting anxiously for the morning to see how my clotted cream turned out. Well, it looked perfect and the texture was wonderful but the milk went . . . more
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July 10, 2007 02:19 PM EDT --
Question
How long will it take to thaw a 40 pound turkey in a small refrigerator that is set to 36-38F?
Additional data points
It is one of those dorm/hotel room sized refrigerators and the turkey . . . more
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September 15, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
A friend of mine, who loves crab cakes as much as I do, taught me the secret to great crab cakes -- don't skimp on the filler.
I know. It sounds counter-intuitive. And you'll certainly never see . . . more
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October 24, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
"W eeks! You got fired!" (It was Paisano on the phone.)
"No. I didn't get fired. We had to discontinue the magazine and lay everyone off."
"Right! So you got fired! . . . more
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January 27, 2008 01:16 PM EST --
L ast week my father asked me to spend a day with him in the mountains. I'm not sure what prompted the invitation, but he rented a cabin and we drove up around noon on a warm, bright winter's . . . more
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May 25, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
Welcome Recipe Central members and anyone who should happen on this recipe.
"I shall be but a shrimp of an author"
Thomas . . . more
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November 10, 2007 08:24 PM EST --
I think we've pretty much decided on smoked duck breasts for Thanksgiving. Something could alter that decision, but probably won't. I'm planning to brine the breasts in an apple cider . . . more
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September 28, 2006 11:16 AM EDT --
A Day Older
Yesterday I turned 53. I never thought I would live this long. In fact, as a child I expected a nuclear war to kill me before I became an adult. That's what comes of living within 10 . . . more
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June 18, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
Unlike most folks, I learned to grill meat over wood. I grew up on a small farm in Eastern Tennessee within sight of the Smoky Mountains. Only about half of the 40 acres we owned were cleared, the rest . . . more
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October 06, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
Ritual --
Sunday I cooked -- really cooked -- for the first time since I moved into this new place.
After a week of TV dinners while I searched for and began organizing pots and pans, dishes and glasses, . . . more
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October 09, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
I've been considering writing a book on picnics and have completed what I call a mockup for the TOC and first chapter. I'd like comments from anyone interested in food or writing. There is a . . . more
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June 11, 2007 10:50 AM EDT --
Three weeks ago in "Teach Your Children Well" I wrote: "It seems that more and more folks either don’t cook at all or cook as a matter of self-image and for the sake of conveying . . . more
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November 25, 2007 02:14 PM EST --
D uring my long absence from East Tennessee there were three things I missed most, in fact they're the only three things I can specifically recall missing. Not surprisingly, they're all food. . . . more
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June 13, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
In April of 711, the Arab governor of Tangiers, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the strait between what are now Morocco and Spain with an army of 10,000 Berbers. At the time the Iberian peninsula was ruled . . . more
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