Tag: kdweeks
group name: cookbook
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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 . . . more
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July 29, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
Obsession -- a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling
Yes. The small container above contains lamb juices -- Perhaps 2 ounces? -- that escaped from a grilled leg . . . more
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August 25, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
My career as a TV chef continues unabated -- last week I did a second five-minute segment on the local Style Show. With all modesty, this puts me in the same category as the lady who writes restaurant . . . more
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June 13, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
In April of 711, the Arab governor of Tangiers, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the strait between what are now Morocco and Spain with an army of 10,000 Berbers. At the time the Iberian peninsula was ruled . . . more
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June 18, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
Unlike most folks, I learned to grill meat over wood. I grew up on a small farm in Eastern Tennessee within sight of the Smoky Mountains. Only about half of the 40 acres we owned were cleared, the rest . . . more
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May 05, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
Fishies Again
A few weeks ago Stephanie (Dispensing Happiness) and her husband and son and Marianne (The Unemployed Cook) and her husband got together for dinner here. We all cooked and, as expected, . . . more
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May 20, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
Southern Heat and Italian Pasta
Yesterday it hit 100 degrees -- in my apartment. My 25-year old air conditioning unit had given out and, although it was only 95 outside, I'm on the top floor, which . . . more
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June 02, 2007 04:41 PM EDT --
I had strange tastes as a kid. One of my parents' earliest photographs of me shows me sharing food with the dog -- not my food, the dog's food. When I got a bit older I loved cornichons, smoked . . . more
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June 20, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
The first time I read a Peter Mayle book, I didn’t. Read it, that is. I was driving from New Hampshire down to the Newport Jazz Festival (by myself, as usual) and I’d bought an audiobook -- . . . more
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July 04, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
I began collecting recipes when I was seven or eight years old. One of the recipes I collected was a peanut butter candy served in the school cafeteria. I don't remember the details, but apparently . . . more
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July 11, 2007 02:51 PM EDT --
I was probably 26 at the time. I wasn't married but was living with my then-future and now-past wife. She and I met when I was managing Pier 1 Imports in Knoxville and I hired her as assistant manager. . . . more
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August 27, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
I know some chefs, quite a few actually, who argue that details such as the carbon content of a knife or the construction of a skillet don’t matter. What matters is the chef's knowledge and skill. . . . more
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May 21, 2007 08:48 AM EDT --
I got an odd phone call a few weeks back. In fact, it began with the woman who’d called introducing herself and then saying, “I have an odd request.”
April 26 was “Take Your . . . more
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June 26, 2007 02:04 PM EDT --
A recent piece in Slashfood highlighted studies that linked curcumin, a compound found in turmeric, to reduced risk of cancer and Alzheimer's Disease. Turmeric is the spice that gives curry powder . . . more
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August 02, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
Traditions come in all forms, sizes, degrees of formality, and frequency. They are a way of proclaiming who we are, of acknowledging special events, of defining our relationships. They are affirmative . . . more
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August 22, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
"Where's the tamarind?"
"Tamarind?"
"Tamarind!"
The Paisano was now looking in cabinets that held only pots and pans, perhaps assuming I had . . . more
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August 29, 2007 11:09 AM EDT --
Burgers are the ultimate American food. Not those stale, thin, tasteless patties found on every corner in every city. No, the true burger is thick, full of flavor, the meat just ground, the buns fresh. . . . more
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September 03, 2007 09:44 AM EDT --
We'd sit around the pool and talk politics, cooking, books, our next meal, movies, great meals we'd had recently, the nature of the universe, and more cooking. During the course of the weekend . . . more
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June 06, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
I'm old enough to remember hand-cranked ice cream as a kid. I also know that ice cream was a valid excuse for having children. That way you (as an adult) could enjoy fresh creamy ice cream without . . . more
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May 09, 2007 09:47 AM EDT --
There was a large patch of gravel in front of the rickety, boarded-up roadside stand, a plywood structure smaller than my closet that it seemed would fall apart if you looked at it closely. I drove by . . . more
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