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Pepsi To Drop Controversial Ingredient">Pepsi To Drop Controversial Ingredient
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Hot sauce for Trini-Chinese chicken">Hot sauce for Trini-Chinese chicken
After reading a CH thread (http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/898171?replied_to=8015582#8015582) about Sam Sifton's Trini-Chinese chicken recipe (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/magazine/trinidads-chinese-fusion-cuisine.html?_r=0), I'm on a mission to make this chicken this weekend. However, I have never tried the suggested Matouk's Soca Scotch bonnet hot sauce. At home I have Sriracha, Texas Pete's, Tabasco, and a Chinese chili oil. ...
Read moreWhat cookbooks have you bought lately, or are you lusting after? June 2013 edition">What cookbooks have you bought lately, or are you lusting after? June 2013 edition
I've been on such a book buying binge lately my head is spinning from the dizzying amount of recipes. I really feel like an addict that has fallen off the wagon. I was good for the first 1/2 of the year, then decided to treat myself to a new title...
Read morewhat to do w/fresh figs besides gobbling?">what to do w/fresh figs besides gobbling?
I make a fresh fig chutney from our fig tree to serve with grilled pork chops or chicken, pine nuts, spinach, and potatoes. I slice purple onions and saute with olive oil with whole figs and a little bit of balsamic. I carmelize them all and serve on the pork...
Read morePHOTO: An Apparently Very Family-Friendly Restaurant">PHOTO: An Apparently Very Family-Friendly Restaurant
New Ideas and Tips from Chefs">New Ideas and Tips from Chefs
to cook sausage chunks easily and evenly from sausage in casings: split casing down length of sausage. remove sausage meat and discard the casing. put whole sausages in the skillet, side by side. take a square tipped silicone spatula and make deep indentations along the length of the sausages and leave in...
Read moreSteven Raichlen: Thinking Man's Barbecue: A Review of Cooked by Michael Pollan">Steven Raichlen: Thinking Man's Barbecue: A Review of Cooked by Michael Pollan
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Sea Crystal Salt">Sea Crystal Salt
Hi, I want to know where I can buy, plain crystal Sea Salt. That is a very very essential ingredient. I find different varietes. But I need a plain, Crystal Salt, with no form of any type of Processing. Just Straight from the Sea. Can any one tell where can I find it?...
Read moreIs Rick Bayless Expanding His Resto Empire? All Signs Point To..">Is Rick Bayless Expanding His Resto Empire? All Signs Point To..
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'Tipsy' Or 'Wasted'? What Your Drinking Description Says About You">'Tipsy' Or 'Wasted'? What Your Drinking Description Says About You
If you're a woman in college, you're more likely to descr...
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I love food. Unfortunately, I can't cook worth a damn. I've been known to even burn water.
When I watch chefs and good cooks on tv, I'm so envious of their skills. This blog is the closest I get to cooking, other than the microwave ;)
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John, New Englander turned Cali dude