Category Archives: Recipes

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Recipe: Potato Chip Pizza

Two of a guy’s favorite things in a single recipe. This is a great side dish with a piece of grilled meat and a hearty salad. Adapted from Maggie Glezer’s Artisan Baking. Ingredients: 1 3/4 c bread flour 1/4 t … Continue reading

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The secret to cooking pasta

The secret to cooking pasta for good tasting Italian dishes is to undercook it, then finish in the sauce so it absorbs lots of saucy goodness. For an easy twist on this, dump a can of chopped clams with the juice into … Continue reading

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Recipe: Baked Ziti with Clams alla Diavolo

Portions: Entrée to serve 4 Ingredients: ½ lb ziti or penne or similar pasta salt 16 oz marinara sauce (I use Casa Visco, an upstate New York brand) ½ onion, finely chopped 2 T olive oil 2 T lemon juice … Continue reading

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Recipe: Pickled Onion a la Mexicana

A complex and tasty pickled onion, adapted from Elizabeth Lambert Ortiz’ “The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking”, a Bantam paperback published in 1968. Ingredients: 1 onion, peeled and sliced very thin Salted water for soaking 3 serrano chiles or 1 … Continue reading

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Recipe: Sour Slaw

Very very close to the sour slaw served at Highland Park Cafeteria. A tart palate refresher to enjoy with fried chicken or a plate of barbecue. Ingredients: 1 medium head cabbage (2-3 pounds) shredded then chopped into 1 inch lengths … Continue reading

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Recipe: Thai BBQ Chicken

The addictive Thai chicken you have been craving. Adapted from the long out of print Thai Home-Cooking from Kamolmal’s Kitchen (Plume) 1/4 c chopped cilantro bottoms (see photo) 2 T chopped garlic 2 T fish sauce (I use Tiparos) 2 T sugar … Continue reading

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Recipe: Thai Plum Sauce

Adapted from the long out of print Thai Home-Cooking from Kamolmal’s Kitchen (Plume). Serve Thai plum sauce as a dipping sauce with Thai BBQ Chicken. Ingredients: 4 umeboshi (pickled plums), pitted and chopped 3/4 c white vinegar 1 c sugar 2 t … Continue reading

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Recipe: Basic Sourdough Bread

This is my go-to basic sourdough bread recipe that makes a crusty, chewy loaf for eating with cheese, making sandwiches, and ultimately turning into croutons. Takes up to 2 days from start to finish but most of that time it’s just … Continue reading

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Recipe: Skinny Vinaigrette

Mix up just the vinegar and dry ingredients, then add oil to taste when you dress your salad. Makes much more sense. Ingredients: 1 c good wine vinegar 3 t sugar 2 t Kosher salt 1 t pepper Method: combine … Continue reading

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Recipe: Bonehead BBQ Chicken

Barbecued chicken marinated in Wishbone Dressing. About as easy as it gets. Ingredients: 8 oz Wishbone Italian Dressing 1 chicken, cut into serving size pieces Method: Pour the dressing over the chicken, stir to mix, marinate for 8 hours stirring … Continue reading

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