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Wired and a couple other sites have picked up on insurance.com’s list of the 10 most dangerous foods to eat while driving. 1. Coffee. It’s hot. It can spill. That’s bad. That said, we’re guilty of this. So are you. Admit it. 2. Hot soup. It’s hot. It can spill. That’s bad. 3. Tacos. Very [...]

Roasted Chipotle Tomatillo Salsa

In: Cooking

I’m on my way back from Phoenix as I write this and with all the great southwestern fare, it still would have been nice to have had some of this salsa. It’s simple to make and the flavor is amazing. Prep Time: 15 minutes, cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients 1 to 2 pound fresh tomatillo [...]

ABC News is reporting that the section titled “Family Recipes” on John McCain’s official campaign site also appeared verbatim on the FoodNetwork.com website. The recipes in question – including Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw, Passion Fruit Mousse, and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage, Peas and Mushrooms — were all credited on the website to [...]

Old-fashioned biscuits are something of an enigma for many cooks. They’re so simple to make, and have such a small number of ingredients, many of us tend to over-think the process. This can lead to disastrous, or at least, not so great results. My mother-in-law has been making biscuits for about 60 years, and I [...]

 
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Thanksgiving Menu

In: Cooking

Turkey day has come and gone, and we didn’t do any turkey at all.  Nope, we had company, and decided to do something a bit different this year.  Looking back, the menu reads pretty well.  This meal was a fair bit of work, but it was well worth the effort: For Dinner: Pork Loin Roast [...]

Vegetarian Red Beans and Rice

In: Cooking

We’ve tried a number of different RB&R recipes, and the ones I tend to like are those that are soupier. Our old stand-by started with Jeff Smith’s (from The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American) , but we’ve adapted it to produce a nice vegetarian RB&R as well. Vegetarian Red Beans and Rice – Serves 6 to [...]

Blackening on the Grill

In: Cooking, Culture

One of the things I discovered the hard way, is that Blackening produces smoke. Lots and lots of billowing clouds of acrid, eye-burning, smoke. That is, of course, if you’re doing it right. The first time I tried to Blacken a couple steaks, I did it on my stove-top, with my anemic exhaust fan running. [...]

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