Embracing the Slow Cooker

I once considered the slow cooker an appliance that could somehow make a meal happen for its owner. And, since it is a lowly, unglamorous kitchen appliance, I assumed it would do a crappy job of it. Now, my slow cooker and I are good friends.

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Drinking is Fun!

Though Randy Goodman could accurately describe himself as a restaurateur, esteemed sommelier, or wine educator, he sees his current station a bit differently: “It’s taken me thirty years to create a dishwasher/barback/janitor position for myself.” He sparkles a little when he says it, clearly pleased to have a place of his own where he can be the bartender’s assistant if he wants to.

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The Need for Green

These days I am regularly asked, usually by people I don’t know especially well, about the state of my stomach. Have you been craving anything in particular? they want to know. I assume they are hoping to hear that I’ve been porking out on butter brickle ice cream topped with dill pickles and Corn Nuts. [...]

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Vindahlo—Part Two: good eats for all

[For the story on how we got here, you may read Vindahlo—Part One: a history.] “Listen, Sister,” the Squeeze said to me, waggling a piece of spice-crusted beef in creamy fenugreek sauce on his fork, “I’m not saying I don’t wish this was A-1.” My face must have fallen, just a little (but what did [...]

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Kenny and Zuke’s

My experience at the delicatessen at SW Stark and 11th is admittedly limited. I have been to breakfast there only three times but was three times very, very pleased. Breakfast number one: Potato latkes and housemade applesauce, hold the sour cream. Best danged latkes of my life, seriously. I figure they must be deep fried [...]

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