Filed Under: “in the kitchen”

spices, spoon rests, and small fires

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  • 9
  • August
  • 2008

Champion Blueberry Muffins

I am an occasional beta-tester of recipes for America's Test Kitchen. Those geniuses over in Massachusetts work up a recipe, and then they e-mail it out to folks like me who've volunteered to make the recipe ...
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  • 20
  • April
  • 2008

Learning to Wok

It was made clear to me last night that I was not, in fact, born with an innate understanding of wok-cookery. While I think I can tell you some of the important things about stir-fry ...
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  • 29
  • March
  • 2008

The Return of the Cook

When the gas range landed, I knew that I wanted to cook. Correction, to cook. Before The Slump, dinner was a moment of inspiration, realized. It was a show of my affection for ...