Believe it or not, I didn't even tell her my tagline before we shot this. … [Read more...]
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How To Make Black Bean and Corn Salsa
September 14, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by
Be careful making this, unless it looks like something you're going to want to keep doing over and over. Because as soon as you share it with friends, they're going to start asking you to bring it to every party you go to. This happened when I made the bruschetta pizza a couple of years ago. I made it about four or five times before the summer was over. Same with this black bean and corn salsa. … [Read more...]
Where Do You Get Your Recipes?
September 13, 2010 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
Some people think coffee table books have to have big, pretty pictures. They haven't seen my coffee table. It's covered with old cookbooks my wife has picked up at garage sales and antique stores. Some of the most popular posts here -- perfect brownies, banana cake, peach cobbler -- started out from one of these books. Where do you get your recipes? (You can choose one or two answers.) … [Read more...]
Review: Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar
September 10, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by
Several years ago I discovered oil and vinegar wasn't what you put on salad when you didn't have "real" dressing. Use good oil and good vinegar and it was better than most store-bought dressings. "Good" doesn't mean canola oil and distilled white vinegar. Usually it's extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar, but I've got about a half-dozen different vinegars in the cupboard. The folks at Nakano offered me a sample of their seasoned rice vinegar. I didn't have any yet, so I took them up on … [Read more...]
How To Make Pot Roast
September 9, 2010 (Updated March 20, 2014) by
Yes, I've done pot roast before. But that was in a crock pot. (Oops, I mean a "slow cooker". Crock-Pot is a brand name.) Now that I've got a Dutch oven*, I've got a new method. It's faster, easier, clean-up is easier, and the results are at least as good. Gotta love that. * Technically Le Creuset call theirs a "French oven". Find me anyone outside their company who calls it that and maybe I'll be number 2. But until then ... it's a Dutch oven. So let it be written, so let it be done. … [Read more...]
