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Cast Iron Basics and Cleaning
Do you cook in cast iron? If not, it’s time to start. These pans are inexpensive, wildly durable, and lifting a few doubles as decent arm exercise. They are heavy skillets. Season these skillets over time and they’ll become your go-to non-stick cookware, without a Teflon coating that will scratch, flake, and end up in your food […]
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How Do You Heal A Disaster Vacation?
How do you heal a disaster vacation? What is the cure for a trip that gets tripped up by baking in the desert sun for hours in stalled traffic, food poisoning, an unaccommodating camping site, retreating to the last room in a last cheap hotel in town for the night, then spend the entirety of […]
Fig and Pig Kabobs
This recipe comes from the Kids’ Summer Fruits Cooking Camp. Grilled figs burst with juicy, jammy middles; delicious with the crisped sausage and sweet onion. Try the cheese (make sure you use halloumi, though paneer works perfectly in a pinch- it’s just a lot less salty), a splash of balsamic to pop the flavors, and a […]
Ask For Help (With Your Swim Cap and Other Things)
Swim caps bedevil me. We switched swim teams and now what optional became a necessity. I unknowingly signed up for a summer of fighting the latex demon hat. If I had known this one requirement I might have made other plans. Every day thus far has been a high-pitched squawking fest. My daughter suffers and […]
Ricotta + Almond Ricotta
Ricotta is often used as an ingredient, but good ricotta is delicious as a spread. The tubs at the grocery store have nothing on what you can make in your own kitchen in about fifteen minutes of active time. Ricotta and even Almond Ricotta making is a super simple project that only seems daunting. Watch […]
