Heather’s Stickless Shish-Kabobs

March 9, 2010 (Updated January 30, 2015) by
Beef, Dinner, Technique ,

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 cooking meat by skewering it on their swords and holding it over camp fires. Well, that's what the Arabic tradition says anyway. But like anything popular, … [Read more...]

Review: Julie & Julia

March 8, 2010 (Updated November 18, 2013) by
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Save the liver! Oh, right, that was Dan Aykroyd. 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 do a full treatment of Julia Child's My Life In France I'll be first in line to see it. The Julie part of the story? I could have done without most of that. … [Read more...]

Fresh: The Movie

March 5, 2010 (Updated March 24, 2014) by
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Last week I saw a screening of a Fresh, new documentary by Ana Sofia Joanes. If you follow Michael Pollan the way I do, you already know most of the issues covered, but it's nice to hear about it from the people actually involved. The subject is the way food is produced in the U.S., from "conventional" agriculture -- meaning large-scale industrial monoculture operations -- to more traditional mixed-use farming, to urban gardens in greenhouses on what used to be vacant lots. … [Read more...]

How To Make Razorback Potatoes

March 4, 2010 (Updated March 23, 2014) by
Side, Technique ,

This recipe came from my wife's cousin, Heather. It's a really easy way to add a ton of flavor to plain-old baked potatoes. And once you've done it, you'll start thinking of all kinds of ways to change it up to match whatever you're going to serve it with. … [Read more...]

Random Food Tips

March 3, 2010 (Updated March 28, 2014) by
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Today I've got some random food tips. I couldn't figure out how to stretch any of these into a full blog post on their own, so I'm just throwing them all together. If you've got any other good ones, let's hear them down in the comments. … [Read more...]

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