Baba ghanoush is an Arabic dip made from eggplant that I’m thinking most of us have had by now. Don’t worry if you can’t pronounce it. Just make it, and eat it.
I’ve purchased baba ghanoush in a can that was, believe it or not, fairly decent. But it is so inexpensive to make, like, a [...]
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I found this article from the Wall Street Journal to be intensely illuminating, and I just had to share it. (Please do not get the impression that I am a regular WSJ reader; I am nowhere near that deep.) At first I clicked on the title and read it just out of curiosity: a new [...]
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Katie, Kaci, Jen and I had an evening in Portland that I haven’t documented, at a restaurant called Ten01 downtown… But unfortunately, none of my pictures turned out (left the good camera at home, again.) Still, not much of a loss there… I didn’t think the food was that noteworthy. My foie gras and my [...]
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A hot dog is not something your typical gourmet indulges in on a regular basis, if ever. Luckily for me, I’m no gourmet. Still, other than the occasional turkey or soy dog (I like Morning Star Farms dogs and corn dogs the best), I didn’t purchase hot dogs as a general rule. What other meat [...]
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Nearly a year ago, I purchased a lot of new ingredients that were called for in a cookbook I got called “30-Minute Thai.” I have only followed the recipes once or twice, but I’ve monkeyed with the ingredients quite a bit. I like to mix them with other asian ingredients, like soba noodles. I call [...]
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