And in case you are needing to feel better about your own skillz…
I discovered a brand new way to make an absolute disaster in the kitchen! It goes like this, let’s say you want to make a sort of toasted sesame soy sauce-y deal to toss with some quinoa and...
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Preserving tomatoes by roasting and freezing
The September 2010 Daring Cooks’ challenge was hosted by John of Eat4Fun. John chose to challenge The Daring Cooks to learn about food preservation, mainly in the form of canning and freezing. He...
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Homemade ricotta (and a honeyed grape compote)
If you are of the ilk of people who spend a considerable (some may say disproportionate – I say proper) amount of time thinking, preparing, and reading about food (My people! Hello!), or if you are...
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Down to basics – roasted pork chops with pan sauce
Two weekends ago Joel was out of town camping. He went with my good friend Kaitlin’s husband, which meant Kait and I were both home alone. Not for long! Quickly it turned into a weekend of yoga...
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An everlasting batch of yogurt
We’re off another work trip – turns out that on your way to being rooted in a place you sometimes have to do a good bit of traveling (as my mother pointed out, “you’re on an adventure, and no good...
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Down to Basics: Stew & Co.
Ever since eating salad while admitting it was stew weather, I haven’t been able to shake stew off. Stew has been following me, or more accurately I have been following stew, chasing it into every...
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Down to basics – Soft scrambled eggs
My dear friends, would you be up for bearing with me for just a moment so I can talk about scrambled eggs? Plain old scrambled eggs. Not scrambled eggs with crisped asparagus or lacy pieces of...
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Some thoughts on diets and eating
Shuffle shuffle shuffle, shplop, clump, clump, clump…(that’s the sound of me hauling in and climbing up on my soap box, actually no, let’s go with it being me setting up my 2 cents booth, and special...
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Down to basics – the omelet
After I posted about my method for making creamy scrambled eggs, I received several requests asking whether I could write a similar post on making the perfect omelet. The answer: most certainly! …...
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My perfect crusty loaf
Hello dear people! We’re just back from Denver. Did I even mention we were going to Denver? I don’t think I did. There were more important things to talk about! But, in spite of the lack of...
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