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Yo Soy Chayote
Meet chayote: that goofy looking food you sometimes see at the store/market but never buy because you’re not sure if its a fruit or a vegetable. They also appear to have a face so you’re not quite...
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Not Perfect
Sometimes things go horribly wrong. Sometimes, you don’t even know why your food is so horrible. Occasionally, you wind up making something entirely different as a result. I discovered that myself when...
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Garlic Bread
There’s a trick to cooking with the “Stinking Rose” (garlic) so that it tastes good but doesn’t overpower the meal, or repulse the people eating it. Counterintuitively, you just have to use more...
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Muscadine Wine Wednesday
One of my all-time favorite grabs at the farmer’s market is the muscadine. For those who’ve never had the pleasure of biting into one, know they’re basically giant, southern grapes with thick skins...
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Local Labor Stir Fry
How better to spend Labor Day weekend than getting outdoors to your local farmer’s market and picking up some essentials for the week? If you’re lucky, they’ll even have a band and free samples...
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Garlic, Garlic, Garlic
Wanna know the simplest, fewest-ingredient, cheapest, most-delicious dish you could ever bring to a potluck? Roasted Garlic. I like to eat this plain, since it’s delicious on it’s own. But you can...
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Dal Daal Dhal Dahl?
Despite the title, this post is not a da-da-ist piece on the nature of cooking as a confusing art. Nor does it include any of the works by Roald Dahl. (Though I wish it did.) Nor is it the result of a...
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Tiny Tea Sandwiches
Every time I’ve ever been to a tea (which is not often) there have been tiny sandwiches. These sandwiches are not only pretentious. They are also not good. Chicken salad with cut up grapes in it?...
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Tea Makeover
Move over earl gray. We have a wide world of new teas to play with. Jasmine, Green, Herbal, and all kinds of new teas are out there for the taking. You can buy a huge range of teas at almost any...
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Fall for it
Tis the season for all things pumpkin to hit the shelves, the stores, the coffee shops, and my plate. It started with pumpkin pancakes, a surprisingly simple breakfast sure to put you in the mood to...
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