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Baking Fruit Recipes
New Edition-Tradition: Not Cross Bun Bread
Tradition is just something you do more than once, said some cynical person sometime somewhere. Well, if that's the case, this Not Cross Bun loaf is now tradition. I've made it three times, and damn if it isn't simpler than shaping individual hot cross buns. And without a direct connection to Good Friday, you can have…
March 14, 2016
Main Course Recipes
How to Make a Taco Bell Bean Burrito Knockoff
Every time I look at the hashtag #traderjoes on Instagram, people are posting their healthy eating pics – riced cauliflower, beet juice, yogurt, salads. It’s true, Trader Joe’s is great for grabbing some of those healthy staples at a reasonable price. Of course, Trader Joe’s also sells Peppermint Joe-Joe’s and a frozen mac and cheese…
March 11, 2016
Cooking Recipes
MADE: Serious Eats’ Kung Pao Chicken
Good Chinese takeout is one of those things you take for granted if you live in a big city. Sweet and sour pork, almond chicken and beef and broccoli are just a phone call away. Move out to the 'burbs and you may only have one or two choices, including Panda Express. Luckily, there's Serious…
March 10, 2016
Book Reviews
Fiction for the Food Obsessed: Nuts by Alice Clayton
Finally, a rom-com that does food right! Usually food is an accidental backdrop in a story. Hero and heroine meet cute at a farmers market, or there's a front-of-the-house hookup between host and bartender in a restaurant, but the food is usually window dressing rather than a focus. In the last couple of months, I've read two…
March 4, 2016
Cooking Recipes
I’m About to Change Your Mind on Brussels Sprouts
It's November. It's time for pumpkin spice every thing, for trotting out the fresh green bean casserole recipe and talking how it's so much better than the old canned thing your grandma served, and for singing the praises of Brussels sprouts. Ugh, Brussels sprouts? You either love 'em or hate 'em. Until recently, I thought I…
November 17, 2015
Baking Cooking Pizza Recipes
The Foundations of Good Pizza
A friend of mine worked in a department store,  typically in women’s clothing, and that's how I learned the polite way to refer to women’s undergarments was not lingerie, not underwear, not panties, but foundations. Because let’s face it, if you’ve got ill-fitting undergarments on, regardless of your body type or what you look like naked,…
July 17, 2015
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