Tag: recipes
group name: houseandgarden
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January 04, 2008 01:28 PM EST --
Making perfect tender juicy meatballs is an art. There are a thousand different opinions out there on how to create that elusively tasty creation. Common wisdom says a good meatball must have egg or milk, . . . 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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October 01, 2006 08:50 AM EDT --
I had a quick check this morning through all my notes, my cookery books, texts, and websites that I refer to at the start of each month.
I check everything off before posting my list of foods and I can . . . more
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January 04, 2008 04:06 PM EST --
When the wind is howling and the temp erature outside is somewhere south of freezing, there is nothing more comforting than a good homemade dish such as chicken pot pie. Filled with fresh veggies nestled . . . 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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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 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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July 21, 2007 06:28 PM EDT --
Chicken is one of my favorite foods, its flavor infinitely adaptable to mood, style, and cuisine. A simple roast chicken with herbs can speak to you of a French bistro or an Italian trattoria. Braise it . . . more
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June 12, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
S upposedly Beef Stroganoff was created by a chef in Saint Petersburg for a culinary competition held in the 1890s. Although the dish was almost certainly named for Count Paul Stroganoff, a Russian noble . . . 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 12:39 PM EDT --
Enticing Empanadas --
When I was in Spain a few years back with my family celebrating my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, we had a lot of excellent restaurant meals in addition to the meals we . . . 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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February 03, 2007 08:28 PM EST --
I'd never been in a sex shop before. It was… interesting. The fur-covered handcuffs were interesting. The leather collars were interesting. The costumes were interesting, And the, well… . . . more
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February 06, 2007 11:14 AM EST --
English food has a terrible reputation, and perhaps at one time it was deserved. But even then the food had its glories. Or, if "glories" is too strong a word, then it certainly had its genuine . . . more
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March 12, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
A pocryphal isn't the word, but it does seem at least improbable that I would have actually had my first gyro at a taverna in Greece. But I did. It was a bright June day in Athens and I'd arrived . . . 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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February 16, 2008 07:42 PM EST --
A s a Southern cook, I have an obligation to attempt to keep track of cookbooks purportedly offering Southern food. This means that The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook by Matt and Ted Lee was on my list . . . more
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January 23, 2007 10:50 AM EST --
There was a time when I always had stale bread in my freezer. I’d buy a loaf for some purpose or other, eat part of it, then when the remainder started going stale I’d cut it up into . . . more
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March 27, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
I love spaghetti and meatballs, but am still playing around with different combinations to find the version I like the best. Here's my latest version...I welcome your tips and insights . . . more
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June 08, 2008 08:54 PM EDT --
I just returned from a few days in New York City, where the eating was good but featured a lot of heavy food...steak frites and pulled pork, for instance. I was ready for something lighter, and . . . more
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