CheapCooking
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Pleasanton event at our local bookstore
If you’re local to the San Francisco Bay Area, come on over to Pleasanton, to Towne Center Books, on the evening of Wednesday, July 27th. I’ll be speaking about blogs and food and cooking and writing and all that other good stuff that comes together in Digital Dish.
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Cucumber and Mango Salsa
I’ve been enjoying playing around with various non-tomato salsas recently. My favorite is probably still the mango or peach salsa I’ve written up before. The grape and cucumber salsa was also delicious. And this Cucumber and Mango Salsa is worth repeating. It went really well with pork. My parents came down for a visit over the…
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S’mores
A childhood favorite, s’mores, a contraction of “some more.” Graham crackers, chocolate, and roasted marshmallows. I brought the fire pit out this evening, the first time for the year. Our weather has been too cool and wet until now. Our fair opened today and with the fireworks they shoot off tonight, it seemed like good…
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Springtime Cake
As much as I cook mostly from scratch, I will admit to picking up cake mixes when they go on sale for $1 or less. The kids can easily whip up a cake with them, the flavor is good, and to me the price is reasonable at $1. Plain cakes get a bit boring and…
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How do you run out of rice at a Japanese restaurant?
My daughter graduated from 8th grade this week. I was going to take her out to dinner to celebrate and she wanted her dad and stepmom to come too, so we all went together. She chose one of those “hana” type Japanese restaurants, where you pay for the cooking show as well as the food.…