Food
Salt in Things, Not on Things
Have you ever eaten at a restaurant and wondered, “How did they get it to taste like this?” Eating out can make a home cook feel insecure, like your cooking never quite measures up. Some … Continued
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Base Flavors – Building Blocks of Great Cooking
Anyone with ragged, cherished family recipe cards handed down and copied through generations knows about base flavors. Those ingredients that seem out of place listed next to garlic and onions, are indispensible to the finished … Continued
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Sardines and Anchovies – Similarities and Differences
Sardines and anchovies are two foods that, at least in America, share a strange combination of fascination, scorn, passion and obscurity. Since you can go years without seeing an anchovy article or a sardine TV … Continued
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Pig Impact – The Impact of La Quercia’s Hog Standards
When Herb Eckhouse decided to locate his acclaimed cured ham house, La Quercia, in Norwalk, Iowa, he didn’t mean it as a statement. He wanted to make a positive impact in the place he’d long … Continued
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Tomatillo Salsa Verde Recipe
I like to grow a few new fruits or vegetables in my garden each year; this year I planted two tomatillos. The plants are abundant to say the least; I’m about to have a lot … Continued
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Recipe: Classic Pesto
For tips on making pesto, see this post. For the recipe I like to use when I make pesto, read on! 2 packed cups of fresh basil leaves, preferably less than 1 ½ inches long … Continued