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A couple of years ago, I stayed at a hotel nice enough that there was a cook in the breakfast line, making eggs to order. In fact, he was actually breaking individual eggs, then cooking them just for you. No hotel pans of scrambles here. Want an omelette? No problem. You could ask for anything at all … Read more
The Taino way of charqui – smoking strips of meat over a lattice of green allspice wood, covered with leaves from the allspice tree, and seasoned with crushed allspice berries – gave rise to both Jamaican jerk and to jerky. The Taino barbacoa evolved into barbecue. Today allspice is a kitchen staple, beloved of pie … Read more
OK, so I like to point people to my lower-carb, homemade version of macaroni and cheese using low-carb elbows, if possible, and real cheese. But sometimes I have been known to open a box. So I was preparing Kirkland Signature Macaroni & Cheese (powdered packet, not sauce packet) (that’s the Costco store brand — we’ve become fiends … Read more
If cutting up a chicken is hard, clumsy work, or you find yourself cursing your carrots when you attempt to matchstick them, I have the most likely reason: your knives probably suck. Slicing and dicing should be fun. When you have good knives and you keep them sharp, they are a joy to use. There’s … Read more
