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• The Rice And Beans Cycle

  Published: October 14, 2007, 11:38 am

  Tags: Thrifty Cooking, Culinary Explorations

  had to think about a tight cooking budget. Five years ago, my company shut down and I hadn’t yet been hired by another one. I saved up money as I saw the gleaming axe hanging over my old company, but I didn’t know how long my savings would need to last (only two months in the collapsed economy of the time, it turned out). As the

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• Chicken Cycle

  Published: October 30, 2007, 10:26 am

  Tags: Thrifty Cooking, Culinary Explorations

  broth and beer, the leftover cooking liquid from a nettle soup I had made the night before. I wrapped the rest of the bird and left it in the refrigerator. Tuesday I carved off one of the breasts, chopped it into pieces, reheated those in a sauté pan, and served them on top of a salad of mixed greens, persimmon slices, carrots, and dried

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• Chard Stem Pickles

  Published: November 4, 2007, 9:30 pm

  Tags: Technique, Thrifty Cooking, Culinary Explorations

  When I cook chard, I take out the stems and cut across the leaf. I braise the dark greens, but I’m left with naked stems. The other night, I decided to transform chard stems into quick pickles, otherwise known as refrigerator pickles because that’s where you have to store them. I turned to Quick Pickles for inspiration, and though

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