Verdict: This is about the only way you can get a good loaf of sandwich bread these days. The recipe is pretty fool proof. I have made it a number of times and it has worked every time. Yeast makes all of the good stuff happen. I like yeast. Nothing like a little well kneaded […]
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Lemon-Anise Biscotti
Verdict: A good recipe that is easy to make, tasty and the final product comes out looking pretty professional. I would recommend this! Eggs make it yummy! I have never really made many pastries, but I was thumbing through my favorite cook book, The New Best Recipes from Cook’s Illustrated, and came across a recipe […]
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The Science Behind Meat
A lot can be said about meat in general. It may seem like Chicken and Beef have nothing in common, but they actually share a lot… because their Meat! I am can’t say I am an expert in this area, but Harold McGee is! I have gleaned this information from his excellent book On Food […]
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Rubio’s Fish Tacos
Tonight I went to the birth-place of Fish Tacos for dinner. Ok maybe not the birthplace but the place that popularized it in the US and made it San Diego’s “signature dish”. Ralph Rubio brought the fish taco to the US and San Diego in 1983. He first tried them while down in Baja for […]
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Cream of Tomato Soup
Cream of tomato soup is irresistible when it is good, and pretty disgusting when it is bad. It is the perfect soup to chase away the end of winter blues. It is rich and tomato-y and the cream gives it a great body and silky texture. It is best to get whole tomatoes and seed […]
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Food Reading: August 23rd
I haven’t been posting much from the Post lately… not because I am lazy (no really!), but because I haven’t been seeing much more than one or two interesting articles in the Food & Dinning section. It is the peak of the DC tomato season and here are ten tomato tips… and tomato recipes. There […]
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Chef’s Choice 130 Knife Sharpener
I have a rather large collection of knives, they are my “handbags”. They look so nice on the shelf and I can image the perfect use for all of them. I got my first real knife about 5 years and have been acquiring ever since. I have not been so good with keeping them sharp […]
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Stovetop Popcorn
Popcorn is one of my favorite foods, it is simple, pure and good. I will have microwave popcorn when I am feeling really lazy, but I always find that making it on the stove is almost always worth the extra effort. Making popcorn on the stove is a bit of a dying art, people are […]
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Key Lime Pie
Key Lime pie is a desert that people assume is a lot tougher to make than it really is. In fact, it might be one of the easiest pies out there! There is a trick to keylime pie though… you can’t let on to how easy it is to make. The recipe I used was […]
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Avocado Oil
I have finally found a local store that has Avocado oil. It turns out not to be Whole Food or Williams and Sonoma, but surprisingly my local Giant started carrying it. It is pretty expensive at $10 a bottle, but it packs a lot of flavor and should go a long way on salads. It […]
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