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Jaden’s Coconut Shrimp

Posted in Appetizers, Cooking, Food, Main Course, Photo, Recipe, Tips and Tricks, tagged , , , on 3 March 2010 | 11 Comments »

These truths I  hold to be self evident:

There are lots of food blogs out there.
It’s impossible to follow every one.
Clearly, I’m missing out on some good stuff.
That’s not a good thing.

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Let Them Eat Cake Sidenote

Posted in Cooking, Tips and Tricks, tagged , on 24 December 2009 | 5 Comments »

Should you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to bring a cake somewhere but your cake carrier is missing in action, don’t despair.  Assemble the following items:

1 cooling rack
1 large disposable aluminum pan with lid
1 completed cake on a cardboard cake round (I made my own out of the cardboard container that [...]

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Linkage

Posted in Random, Tips and Tricks, tagged , , on 23 October 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today’s first random link comes via The Kitchn where they brought up a great topic…how to properly season a dish.  I confess that I usually stop after salt and spices.  Just look at how many other ways you can develop the flavor of your dish.
The second link is for folks like me who are obsessed [...]

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Listen, Do You Want To Know A Secret?

Posted in Cooking, Food, Main Course, Photo, Recipe, Tips and Tricks, tagged , , , , , on 29 September 2009 | 2 Comments »

Do you promise not to tell?  I’d say I’m neither really good or really bad at keeping secrets. Sure, some are easier to keep than others. For instance, who really wants to know that when I was 13 I planned out every single detail of my wedding to Steve Perry? The combination of reading Judy [...]

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Honorable Mention

Posted in Cook's Illustrated, Cooking, Food, Main Course, Photo, Random, Recipe, Tips and Tricks, tagged , , on 17 September 2009 | 2 Comments »

As I said in my interview with The Baltimore Guide, I take pictures because I enjoy it; I photograph what I see around me.  I don’t do it with the notion of awards in mind and I don’t go looking for a shot for the sole purpose of being praised.  However, if someone is so [...]

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