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Questionable recipes and threatening aspics
A reader said it best: “THIS is the real Silence of the Lambs”. From the Aspics with Threatening Auras Facebook Group. The pandemic makes strange bedfellows, as evidenced by three Facebook groups we’ve...
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Winning (eating) strategies for Saratoga Race Course
Early morning workout at Saratoga Race Course. Haven’t checked this year, but in the past you could go in with your own coffee and breakfast at 7 am and watch the workout from the stands with a helpful...
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Clynk makes container recycling easy
Clynk bags after collection for a charity in Maine. In New York we have a 5 cent deposit on recyclable containers for beer, soda, fortified seltzer and water (but not tea, energy drinks, cider or wine,...
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The Hmong Aunties of Angel Cruz Park
Informal market at Angel Cruz Park in Stockton, CA Angel Cruz Park is a public park in Stockton, CA where a number of Hmong vendors set up each afternoon to sell traditional foods. Some offer pickled...
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Is an electric stove in your future?
Cooking with an electric stove, in this case a quotidian Hotpoint, turns out to be not so bad. We have been cooking on a four-burner Hotpoint range, and it’s not bad. The coils heat up quickly and cool...
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Taste test: How to keep bean sprouts fresh
Big bag of bean sprouts as it came from the store. In the frozen tundra where I live, it’s a half hour drive to the nearest Asian market selling fresh bean sprouts. Consequently, I always buy more than...
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The Divisive Herb: Unraveling the Curious Case of Cilantro Detestation
Divisive Cilantro leaves; photo by Thamizhpparithi Maari from Wikipedia. Introduction: In the culinary world, one cannot underestimate the power of herbs to ignite passion and divide opinions. Among...
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Why do refrigerators have freezers on the top?
Here is the top-freezer fridge in the place I’m currently staying. I hate this thing. Every time I have had the option to purchase a home refrigerator in my life, I have chosen a refrigerator with the...
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Yelp vs Google
Yelp vs.Google: Sinigang at Chee-Bog, as described in my Yelp review. I am a Yelper. This comes as a surprise to chefs I meet, who typically hate Yelp because they see it as the source of sour grapes...
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Walla! Kenji Lopez-Alt exposed.
Misen Chef’s Knife, from Kenji’s review on Serious Eats. The knife is now available at a nice discount on Amazon. A kind reader corrected our use of “walla” to convey “there you have it” when executing...
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