Tag: food writing
group name: food-cooking
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October 15, 2007 09:49 AM EDT --
I have a confession to make—for a long time, I despised eggplant. Associating eggplant with eggplant parmesan—too often oily, breaded discs drenched in cheese and drowned in unappealing marinara . . .
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August 06, 2006 05:10 PM EDT --
Consorting with Cookies
My mother was never much of a baker. It wasn't that she couldn't bake when called upon -- she had the skills -- she just wasn't particularly interested. That said, . . .
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October 03, 2006 05:26 PM EDT --
Fall is coming early this year, rushing in like a river when the levee breaks. And like a flooding river, fall creates turmoil. Looking to the hills I see oaks still sporting their summer work . . .
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July 21, 2007 06:28 PM EDT --
Chicken is one of my favorite foods, its flavor infinitely adaptable to mood, style, and cuisine. A simple roast chicken with herbs can speak to you of a French bistro or an Italian trattoria. Braise it . . .
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November 25, 2007 02:14 PM EST --
D uring my long absence from East Tennessee there were three things I missed most, in fact they're the only three things I can specifically recall missing. Not surprisingly, they're all food. . . .
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January 27, 2008 01:16 PM EST --
L ast week my father asked me to spend a day with him in the mountains. I'm not sure what prompted the invitation, but he rented a cabin and we drove up around noon on a warm, bright winter's . . .
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August 14, 2006 05:57 PM EDT --
Beer Bread, Take II
(Note: This was originally posted on Seriously Good in November of 2005.)
Some months ago I made a loaf of beer quick bread. It was mighty tasty but had the drawback of all quick . . .
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September 03, 2006 02:33 PM EDT --
(Note: This is my entry if the Bermuda cruise contest. If you don't mind, please rate this article.)
I walked in the front door and confronted a huge bowl of paella. At least, I thought it was paella. . . .
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September 12, 2006 06:04 PM EDT --
My hubby just brought me home the most incredible chocolate bar, one I have never heard of, with the funniest name...tongue in cheek so to speak.
Emergency Chocolate
On the cover this is what it . . .
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June 12, 2006 02:40 PM EDT --
Pigalicious
I can't imagine anything more culinarily terrifying than channeling Rachel Ray. But when my friend Stephen over at Stephen Cooks went on a burger binge . . .
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July 15, 2006 06:16 PM EDT --
Hiram Done Good
After reading the paper on Sunday mornings, I do my chores. For years this has meant vacuuming, cleaning the bathrooms, dusting, washing clothes, and watering plants. For the past year . . .
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February 02, 2008 01:03 PM EST --
I n my house there is one kind of food that is not tolerated -- bland food.
I can stand too much of almost anything, but not enough flavor is an abomination. A sin of omission by commission. Intolerable! . . .
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September 12, 2006 12:47 PM EDT --
Over Does It --
Last January I taught my first cooking class at the local Williams-Sonoma and, typically, I began my teaching career by over-promising.
Oh, I came through and delivered . . .
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September 17, 2006 05:37 PM EDT --
A friend of mine celebrated his 6th Annual 42nd birthday this past fall. For those of you unfamiliar with Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 42 is the answer to life, the universe, . . .
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September 23, 2006 02:34 PM EDT --
Teenage Bread --
But the bread… Sigh. It was nasty, soft, gummy stuff that stuck to the roof of my mouth without benefit of peanut butter. No, not that loaf in the picture, another, sadder loaf. . . .
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October 09, 2006 12:39 PM EDT --
Enticing Empanadas --
When I was in Spain a few years back with my family celebrating my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, we had a lot of excellent restaurant meals in addition to the meals we . . .
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October 09, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
I've been considering writing a book on picnics and have completed what I call a mockup for the TOC and first chapter. I'd like comments from anyone interested in food or writing. There is a . . .
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February 03, 2007 08:28 PM EST --
I'd never been in a sex shop before. It was… interesting. The fur-covered handcuffs were interesting. The leather collars were interesting. The costumes were interesting, And the, well… . . .
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March 17, 2007 04:41 PM EDT --
Geeks come in all sizes, shapes, religions, colors, and areas of geekdom. I have a good friend who's a financial geek -- she really gets off on things like estate planning and income averaging. Go . . .
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November 19, 2007 10:26 AM EST --
H ere are two words you don't often see together: turkey and extraordinary. Nevertheless, about six Thanksgivings ago I enjoyed one of the best turkeys I've ever eaten. It was at my brother's . . .
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