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Category Archives: Technique

Heather’s Stickless Shish-Kabobs

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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How To Make Razorback Potatoes

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.
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How To Make Dehydrated Onion

Today’s article is another one from Larry, the Keep It Simple Engineer, who gave us the four-part series on sourdough bread. This time it’s a great technique for helping to stock the pantry. He’s doing it with onions, but I plan on doing this with a bunch of herbs this summer.
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The difference between green garlic and green onions

Darya over at Summer Tomato is starting to see green garlic showing up at her local farmers market. She’s in San Francisco, so her season is a bit ahead of mine, but that means it’s getting near time to start thinking about fresh produce. This week she put up a great example of how to tell [...]
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How To Make Yogurt

I’ve got a quick one here from Larry, the Keep It Simple Engineer. He’s the same guy who did the sourdough bread recipe. Today he shows how easy it is to make your own yogurt. Take it away, Larry.
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