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Confessions Of A Kitchen Whimp

Posted in Cooking, Fish, Food, Main Course, Photo, Recipe, tagged , , on 4 February 2010 | 8 Comments »

I grew up eating bland food.  Very bland food.  The only spices I remember being in the house were salt, pepper, cinnamon (sugar), and poultry seasoning.  So it has taken me a while to dip my toes into the vast ocean of spices.  The folks at Penzey’s do their part to expand my palate with [...]

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Foolproof

Posted in Cooking, Fish, Food, Main Course, Photo, Recipe, tagged , , on 28 December 2009 | 9 Comments »

I don’t utter that phrase often.  It’s  like a loaded gun waiting to go off.  I might think something is foolproof but since I’m not in the kitchen with you, I can’t know if ingredients get substituted or the recipe is somehow changed.   And I don’t want to be responsible for kitchen drama.  I [...]

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Mango Salad with Seared Tuna

Posted in Cooking, Fish, Food, Main Course, Photo, Recipe, tagged , , , , , on 20 November 2009 | 9 Comments »

Who came up with idea for the word leitmotif? I like words.  Alot.  But that one, in particular, always confused me.  Of course learning that it is derived from the German leiten (to lead) and motiv (motive), it makes perfect sense.  But I failed miserably at German I in college (I thought switching from French [...]

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Cooking For Don Draper

Posted in Cooking, Fish, Food, Main Course, Photo, Recipe, Side Dishes, tagged , , , , , , on 25 September 2009 | 3 Comments »

As I’ve said before, cooking late at night is risky because I tend not to pay attention to what I’m doing.  I’m too busy thinking about getting the cat off of my pillow so I can have visions of sugarplums, or Don Draper, dance through my head.

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