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THE TOMATO TRILOGY
Read more: THE TOMATO TRILOGYEpisode I Homemade Spicy Ketchup Using every last tomato your garden has to offer Ketchup is cheap. I bet there is a bottle in your fridge right now. Why would you ever make it from scratch? The best reason I can think of is to use up a tomato crop.…
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A Cheesy Little Bite With Zing
Read more: A Cheesy Little Bite With ZingThe jalapeño was named after the town of Jalapa in Veracruz, Mexico and was first used by the Aztecs. Following the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the “new world,” it became popular all over the globe. In the 1990s, Texas declared the jalapeño “a culinary, economic, and medical blessing…
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Black Forest Puff Pastries
Read more: Black Forest Puff PastriesBlack Forest is a type of cake or torte originating in Germany that features the insanely delicious combo of chocolate and cherries. I had heard of “Black Forest” vaguely in the past, but I really had no idea what it was. When I set out to make this treat I…
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One of the Best Pork Chops You’ll Ever Eat
Read more: One of the Best Pork Chops You’ll Ever EatMy first experience using a brine resulted in the most delicious turkey I have ever eaten. My second experience was a culinary disaster. I was at the family campground for a summer vacation from New York when I challenged my uncle to a pork loin throw down. My uncle makes…
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My First Dish Back in New York: Jambalaya
Read more: My First Dish Back in New York: JambalayaThis is the first recipe that I have created since relocating back to my home of 13 years – New York City. I’m here staying with my girlfriend. (We were in a long-distance relationship before this.) I also thought New York was the best place to start working on getting…
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Fries with a Side of Burger
Read more: Fries with a Side of BurgerI started out creating this recipe with the intention of featuring a gourmet burger. It was in creating a side of potatoes to go along with the burger that the focus became the “grill fries.” It took me a while to get them right – tender and fluffy on the…
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Country-Style Boneless Ribs
Read more: Country-Style Boneless RibsRibs have a culinary mystique about them. They conjure visions of barbecue pits, messy faces and delicious fall-off-the-bone meat. Ribs are hard to cook perfectly – much harder in my opinion than loin meat. Country-style ribs conjure all the great visions of what ribs are supposed to be, minus the…
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Potato Salad for the Next Cookout
Read more: Potato Salad for the Next CookoutI have been waiting for summer time to create a potato salad. As I mention in the introduction, it’s a staple of the classic American backyard barbecue. I needed one of my own. When I started my research I found that most mayo-based potato salads call for eggs, celery, onion…