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| Koulouria - Greek Sweet Rolls Recipe |
| Published: July 19, 2008, 12:35 am |
| As a child, I knew Easter was fast approaching when we started making the koulouria. Spit-roasted lamb and these tasty rolls are the two things I tend to associate with Easter. My grandmother and her family started the tradition. She’s passed on but my mom and I continue it. We’ve learned that we can’t make them |
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| Hirsch Vinyards |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 9:59 pm |
| Tags: Wine |
| I am pinot noir. |
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| Peanut Butter Balls Recipe |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 8:00 pm |
| Tags: Recipes |
| We all love these. I started out making them at Christmas, but now find myself making them throughout the year. I’ve been known to take them along to potlucks a time or two and everyone wants the recipe. The recipe is simply a standard peanut butter ball recipe. Peanut Butter Balls 1 c. light corn syrup 1 c. sugar 1 c. smooth, creamy |
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| i love kidney beans |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 7:25 pm |
| Tags: Cooking, Photos |
| I decided not to test out the aladdin lunch box, I wanted to test how good it was at keeping things warm, so I filled it with boiling water, put the lid on and left it on the side, after about 3 hours, the water was still steaming, not untouchably hot but still pretty warm. I tested the regular lunchbox i got instead (click for a |
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| Extreme Grilling: Go whole hog |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Cuba, Extreme Grilling, Extremegrilling, Hawaii, Pig, Pork, Roast Pig |
| Filed under: Asia, Pork, Caribbean, Did you know?, Islands, America, Italy, Slow cooking, Head to TailAs I wrote several weeks ago, a pig pickin' is a North Carolina tradition involving a pig, a converted petroleum drum cooker, a bunch of charcoal and a whole lot of time. But a pig pickin' is not the only way to cook a whole hog - cultures across |
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| UC Berkeley Wine Studies II, Fall |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 5:34 pm |
| Tags: Announcements |
| I’m once again teaching Fundamentals of Wine Studies II: Sensory Evaluation of Wines and their Components for UC Berkeley Extension, and I’d love to see some of you in the class. If you’ve ever wanted to see if I can actually babble about wine for 2 1/2 hours, now’s your chance. It starts on October 9 and continues for six |
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| Golden Oldies - Part Two |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 4:12 pm |
| Tags: Cooking, Chicken Casserole, Chicken Salad |
| We never had tuna casserole when I was growing up, although apparently everybody else. We did eat chicken casserole a lot, always with wide egg noodles. As far as I knew, there were three kinds of pasta: spaghetti, macaroni and egg noodles. My mother often made chicken with cream of mushroom soup. I still make that today, only |
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| Frugal Fridays #6 - Chicken Oregano with Corn on the Cob |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 3:18 pm |
| Tags: Tags Amp Amp Memes, Food, Frugal, Recipes |
| Dinner last night wound up being the perfect subject for today’s Frugal Friday. On it’s 6th week of appearing in the blogosphere, I am once again participating in Frugal Fridays. This is the event where frugal foodies everywhere share recipes for delicious meals that cost $10.00 or less for a family of four. Since a large portion of my |
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| Slashfood Ate (8): Friday pupu plater |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 3:04 pm |
| Tags: Friday Pupu Platter, Fridaypupuplatter, Link Round Up, Linkround Up, Slashfood Ate, Slashfoodate |
| Filed under: Slashfood AteIt's time for another collection of eight interest links from around these interwebs. I've been saving up some goodies for you all week long! First, for those Battlestar Galactica fans in the crowd, I bring you the BG toaster! That's right, you can now be a fanboy at the breakfast table. How's this for a fun |
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| Openings: Corner Burger in Park Slope |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 3:00 pm |
| Fifth Avenue. In the space that was recently Mediterra, which before that was some kind of Turkish restaurant, which before that was the Curry Shop extension of next-door Chip Shop. In that space now: Corner Burger. Eight-ounce burgers on big, sesame seed white bread buns. We're told that flame-grilling is the modus cookerandi. An array of |
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| Trekalong |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 2:52 pm |
| Tags: Miscellaneous |
| Today’s post isn’t cooking related but it is still trail related. When I checked my email this morning there was an invitation and password for a site called Trekalong.com. What is Trekalong.com? Well that is a good question. It is a new site from Keen Communications (Clerisy Press, Menasha Ridge Press, and Wilderness Press). In |
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| A favorite children's foodie book heading to the big screen |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 1:01 pm |
| Tags: Childrens Books, Childrensbooks, Cinematical, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Cloudywithachanceofmeatballs, Movie Version, Movieversion |
| Filed under: Culinary Kids, Books, Television/Film, NewspapersWhen I was growing up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was one of my very favorite books. Set in the very fictional town of Chewandswallow, the residents don't have to shop at grocery stores the way the rest of us do. Instead, all their food was delivered by the weather. Morning would |
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| Yet More Food Related Stuff |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 1:00 pm |
| Tags: Tags Amp Amp Memes, Memes |
| I don’t know why I feel the need to participate in every food meme I can find, but for whatever reason - I do. I enjoy it. So here is another one, all set and ready to go for today! What's your #1 comfort food? It really depends on the mood I am in. Usually chocolate cake or cookies. But sometimes an actual “meal” will comfort |
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