Category Archives: Eating

Here we celebrate the best kind of food enjoyment: eating somebody else’s cooking, whether it be in a fine dining establishment or a hole in the wall.

Food for Thought: House of X Tia

 Christina Tia is a Lao cook who shows a lot of media savvy in promoting her YouTube channel through Facebook, Instagram and more. She’s been doing it skillfully for several years yet has relatively few views (in the tens … Continue reading

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Prep a perfect pickle plate

  Comfort Kitchen, an upscale burger joint in our town, puts together an excellent pickle plate. Browse the pictures in their Yelp listing and you’ll see how it has evolved over time. There’s always a cucumber pickle, always pickled onions, … Continue reading

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Recipe: Carrot Pickles with Ginger and Anise

Carrot pickles are a bit mild on their own, but they play well with others on a pickle plate. The ginger, anise and rice vinegar provide sweetness even without sugar. Makes 1 pint. Ingredients: 3-4 fat carrots, peeled 1 whole … Continue reading

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Recipe: Turmeric Cauliflower Pickles

Comfort Kitchen, an excellent eatery in my home town, makes a nice cauliflower pickle with the yellow glow of turmeric/curry powder. Here is our interpretation. If you like, add some slices of red bell pepper for color and flavor variety. … Continue reading

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Food for Thought: The Fermentation School

The Fermentation School, according to their website, is “ a collective of food authors and teachers who are fermenting a better food system for land, people, and the microbes on which we depend. Come on in and have a seat … Continue reading

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Sau-Sea Horseradish is our house brand.

When I worked as a prime rib cook and carver, we’d make a sour cream sauce with a dab of Atomic Horseradish. A little went a long way. Sniffed straight out of the jar it would make your eyes tear … Continue reading

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Make your own mushroom powder.

We got a gift of mushroom powder. It’s good stuff. You can shake it onto vegetables or meats in the pan for an extra dose of umami. You don’t actually taste the mushroom per se; rather it’s a bit salty … Continue reading

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Good Better Best

We had a local (upstate New York) discussion last week about Rogue River Blue, chosen as the world’s best cheese at the 2019/20 World Cheese Awards. Two respected friends and food lovers concurred that was their favorite cheese and wished … Continue reading

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Try something different for your holiday cookie exchange.

This year we decided to give cookies from Michelle Hines Abram Thibeault, godmother of our BlueStar stove and a renowned local baker, rather than making them ourselves. Her 2021 deadline has passed, so file that link away for next year. … Continue reading

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We made a turkey stuffing waffle sandwich!

Leftover thanksgiving turkey sandwiches are the best, but why not a turkey stuffing waffle sandwich? That way you skip the carb overload from bread-on-bread but still get to enjoy your day after turkey treat. We made a “batter” by mixing … Continue reading

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