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Is It All About the Food?
This Thanksgiving, remember one thing: it’s all about the food. But it’s not about the food. At all. Food is the raison d’être, if you
Author: Cuisine Counselor
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I Cooked the Feast of the Seven Fishes
I’m not catholic, and I’m pretty certain that the only Italian in my blood is in the form of chianti. I’m also not above cultural
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Scallop Ceviche
Anyone who knows me just a little bit knows that I have a bit of an obsession with ceviche. The great thing for me is
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My Favorite Meal
My father always told us that when he was born, snow was blowing up under the rafters and onto the bed. In Georgia. Right… Needless
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5 Reasons You Should Nick Eat Ocando’s Food
**Edit…I originally wrote this after I’d just ended 9 months working prep and the line at Hibiscus under Graham Dodds and then Nick Ocando. It was a
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Cava: More Than You Think
For years, I’ve been hearing about how Spanish wines in general, and cava in particular, are good values. And every time I hear that, I
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Confessions of a Foodie
Somewhere, deep within men’s hearts, there lurk…secrets. Dark things. Things that never should see the light of day. Things so horrifying, so unfathomable, that to
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What’s Wrong With Food Today
When my father was at Kilgore College, he had a friend in the theater department who was putting on a play. On opening night, my
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Smoked Turkey: A Good Excuse To Drink Beer at 4:00 a.m.
Cooking, ultimately, is a science. After all, terms like maillard reaction, emulsion and denatured proteins don’t just show up in everyday conversations. And they have
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Sumtin’ in a Punkin’ (Stuffed Pumpkin)
With a high predicted for Saturday, October 25 of 92, it hardly seems as if fall is upon us. But my calendar says so, and