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Your best recipes with Marmite">Your best recipes with Marmite
I know it's typically used as a condiment or spread, but do you have any favorite recipes for Marmite? A great idea mentioned on a recent condiment thread was sauteed mushrooms and I found a great recipe online for Marmite chicken which seems similar to an American-Chinese style General...
Read moresteel cut oatmeal- a question">steel cut oatmeal- a question
I am new to cooking, and baking, with steel cut oatmeal. Can I use steel cut oatmeal interchangeably with "old fashioned" oatmeal? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreAny Of These '@Midnight' Coffee Flavors Would Definitely Make You Vomit">Any Of These '@Midnight' Coffee Flavors Would Definitely Make You Vomit
Short Grain Rice Mush in Rice Cooker">Short Grain Rice Mush in Rice Cooker
How much water are you putting in in proportion to the quantity of rice? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreBest dressing recipe?">Best dressing recipe?
So this is my first year doing Thanksgiving at our house and my in-laws are coming. I hate stuffing/dressing (I know, I know) so have no good recipe to use. They're not exactly adventurous eaters. Once they were at our house and I did a basic sauté of zucchini and onions...
Read moreWhat to do with pomfret?">What to do with pomfret?
I have a whole pomfret. I tried pan frying one last night and it was pretty good but now I'm looking for something else to do with the second one that's different for dinner tonight. Anybody have ideas? I'm considering grilling it on my little indoor grill but, for me,...
Read moreChicken skin question">Chicken skin question
Sometimes the skin on my raw chicken from the store (parts or whole) is thin and white/translucent. But some is thickish and yellow -- is that bad, or normal? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreCharlie Trotter Dead: Chicago Fire Department Says Famed Chef Has Died At 54">Charlie Trotter Dead: Chicago Fire Department Says Famed Chef Has Died At 54
Famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter has died at age 54, a fire department source said according to NBC Chicago.
Chicago chef #Charlie Trotter transported from his north side home. ...
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Please Don't Assume My Kids Can't Behave in a Restaurant">Please Don't Assume My Kids Can't Behave in a Restaurant
The hostess approached the table next to ours, sweeping her arm out to... Read more
potato starch in my pie??">potato starch in my pie??
why would i put potato starch in pumpkin pie? there was a recipe for maple pumpkin brulee pie from Saveur #160 (probably the november issue, but i can't find the reference and i tore out the recipe!) i thought i might try it, but this addition of potato starch is...
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