Food and Cooking

Writing Assignment: Home Cooking

01.20.2012 Food and Cooking

Food. Wonderful meals. Awful meals. Memorable meals stick with us, long after digestion or indigestion have passed. Food has a particular hold on memory. And food from your childhood has a particularly strong hold. Try this the next time you’re in a group of strangers: ask about the food they grew up with. You’re likely [...]

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Reviewed: Aerobie AeroPress Espresso Maker

01.19.2012 Food and Cooking

I’m a latecomer to the Aerobie AeroPress, but I’m now an official convert. This is a terrific little coffee maker. By my count, I had five different coffee and espresso makers, six with the new AeroPress. I have a conventional drip coffee maker, a Nespresso machine (used in Cinema Murray for making espresso and coffee [...]

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Cooking With Gas

12.20.2011 blogging

First about cooking, then about writing. I love to cook. It’s immediate and creative, even when I’m making the simplest meal. And, of course, it’s a time every day that lets me play with fire. For many years we had a perfectly serviceable electric range. I had to step out to the patio and light [...]

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Cooking Without Recipes: Stew

12.15.2011 Food and Cooking

Last night I made a lamb stew. It was glorious. I didn’t have a recipe, I just had the ingredients. And after you learn the basics, you can make stew as well. I started by getting out my cast iron Dutch oven. It’s huge and heavy and just right for stews. The heavy cast iron [...]

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Sweet Potato Pie

12.07.2011 Food and Cooking

Today’s recipe is a guest post contribution from Mari Baskin.   A few years ago I inherited our family Thanksgiving dinner preparations. My family has never been a big fan of pumpkin or sweet potatoes, but I was intrigued by whether I could create an affinity for either one. Pie making was hands down the [...]

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