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Author Archives: Drew

Is It Getting Harder to Hate Walmart?

By Drew | Published: March 12, 2010
[No recipe today. Click away if you don't want to read about where our food comes from.] Small business owners and residents of small towns know how Walmart has wiped out thousands of family-owned businesses. Main Street closes up when they can’t compete with the constant discounts, and eventually there’s only one store in town. What [...]
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How To Make Banana Bread — Take 2

By Drew | Published: March 11, 2010
The last time I made banana bread I said, “As far as I’m concerned, the chopped walnuts are not optional. I won’t think you’re a bad person if you don’t use them … I just won’t like your bread.” So you might wonder why there aren’t any nuts this time. Here’s why: There’s a difference between [...]
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More Food Tips

By Drew | Published: March 10, 2010
Behold, the humble coffee filter. Durable, cheap, lint-free, and you’ve probably already got them in your kitchen. If you don’t, you should get some — even if you don’t drink coffee. Why? Cover food in the microwave. Filter broken cork out of wine. Filter cooking grease for re-use. (See my post on how to render and store bacon [...]
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Heather’s Stickless Shish-Kabobs

By Drew | Published: March 9, 2010
Shish Kabobs. Shish-Kabobs. Shishkabobs. Shish Kebabs. Every variation is used just about equally, with “shishkebabs” coming in close behind. I guess that’s not surprising for something that’s been around as long as this has. The first kebabs — and I can’t even write that without hearing it in Jamie Oliver’s voice — were made by soldiers [...]
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Review: Julie & Julia

By Drew | Published: March 8, 2010
Save the liver! Oh, right, that was Dan Ackroyd. So I finally saw Julie and Julia, and it really made me wish for more. Specifically, I wished for more of the Julia story. If someone decides to so a full treatment of Julia Child’s My Life In France I’ll be first in line to see it. The Julie [...]
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