CheapCooking
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Halloween has progressed far beyond what it was when I was a kid. Back then, the costumes were mostly homemade. The pumpkins were mostly homegrown. And the carvings were definitely homegrown. No fancy templates. No fancy tools. We got a kitchen knife and scraped out the insides with a big kitchen spoon. Now, you seem…
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2nd Helping of Digital Dish
Tomatilla! would like to hear from food bloggers who are interested in being included in the 2nd helping of Digital Dish, the first print compilation of the best writing from food blogs. If you’ve got a food blog and would like to participate, hop on over to Tomatilla! and let him know.
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Poor Man’s Gyro and Sauce
I used to work in Alameda and the closest deli was a Greek one. Aside from awesome sandwiches and delicious salads of various kinds, they also had gyros. They’d slice that meat off the turning hunk of meat, top it with some tomatoes and onions, and ladle a bit of yogurt sauce on it and…
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Worcestershire Shrimp and Coconut Rice
I think I’ve actually blogged about both of these before… Ah, the sign of old age for a blog. Do I repost the recipes or just include links? I think I’ll repost them and save you a few clicks. These are from Mark Bittman’s The Minimalist Cooks Dinner Shrimp, I’m discovering, is (are?) one of…
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Real Fried Chicken
I don’t DO fried chicken very often. I do oven fried chicken, baked chicken, sauteed chicken, barbecued chicken, and who knows how many other variations. But fried? Yet, that was the eldest’s request for a Sunday night dinner. And I do try to accommodate requests for specific dishes. Of course, given my penchant for experimentation,…