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Eating Green Tea?
Posted Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 3:34 pm PSTEating green tea? Certainly not the whole leaf kind, and few of us would consider using a teabag as part of dinner. But maccha, the superfine powdered…
POST A COMMENT (7)Giving Small Food Gifts
Posted Mon, Dec 17, 2007, 1:25 pm PSTWhen a loved one’s birthday or holiday rolls around, picking something out from a department store fills me with dread, because nothing ever seems…
POST A COMMENT (3)Warm-Autumn Warm Salad
Posted Tue, Oct 30, 2007, 3:54 pm PDTThis salad works with lots of other veggies too -- fennel, cooked potato, chard, lightly cooked carrots -- but this particular combination is my…
POST A COMMENT (2)The Beauty of Cast Iron -- The Ultimate Nonstick Pan
Posted Wed, Oct 17, 2007, 5:19 pm PDTIt took me a while to warm up to regular cast iron; I had a cast-iron pan that I must not have cared for properly, because it rusted a bit and food…
POST A COMMENT (10)Six Reasons to Love Grass-Fed Beef
Posted Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 10:54 am PDTI love having a quarter of a cow in my freezer. Let me count the ways...
POST A COMMENT (8)Lamb Chops Done Right
Posted Tue, Sep 25, 2007, 11:52 pm PDTLike many Americans, I didn't grow up eating lamb. I was well into my 20s before I realized what I was missing, and now I seem to be making up for…
POST A COMMENT (3)Heavenly Roasted Chicken with Miso and Oranges
Posted Thu, Sep 20, 2007, 11:28 pm PDTLemon chicken is one of the world's great dishes, but I find orange chicken-- roasted chicken with cut-up orange quarters...
POST A COMMENT (2)A Better Way to Use Garlic
Posted Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 4:01 pm PDTI realize that peeling garlic can provide a few peaceful, zen-like moments of serenity, but do any other garlic lovers here share my distaste for this…
POST A COMMENT (8)Breakaway Fries -- All Flavor, Minimum Fat
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Using Fresh Herbs by the Fistful
Posted Tue, Sep 04, 2007, 8:36 pm PDTIt's always frustrating for me to read recipes that suggest some fraction of a teaspoon of an herb. In my cookbooks it's rare to find herb-infused…
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Cilantro Egg Salad
from: DawnDrakeThis is a fresh variation on an old classic. Egg salad is spiced up with fresh cilantro and…