Archive for Agustus 2003

Ajo Blanco Recipe

I recently revisited a recipe from the very early days of Cooking with Amy. To say it was flawed would be an understatement. It was tremendo...

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Doctoring Mixes

I've tried to understand why I love mixes so much and I think it comes down to one thing:magic. There is a magical quality to cooking, l...

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No Clean Up Cook Book

So I have this idea for a cookbook. There is a gimmick because if you look on any cookbook shelf you will quickly discover, the "great...

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Apricots on the NIle and Food Memoires

I've been reading a number of food oriented books lately. I think the one that got me started was Apricots on the Nile--A memoir with re...

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Salmorejo Cordobes:Recipe

If I said "cold Spanish soup" would you think of the liquid salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and onions--Gazpacho? Two years ago when ...

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Foreman Grilled Panini Recipe

Panini are hot. And I don't just mean hot as in "toasted-sandwich-don't-burn-your-fingers" hot I mean trendy hot. How do I...

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Oven Baked S'mores Recipe

S'mores. Did you know you can make them in the oven? I admit from the outset I saw this on the Food Network recently and have had it in ...

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Craigslist Food Forum

Craigslist Food Forum. Ok. I know I've mentioned it before but you don't even have to read the posts, just the titles of the posts t...

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Ferry Building Marketplace:Shopping

I have now taken two trips to the Ferry Building Marketplace at the foot of Market street. It is still a work in progress. Going now really ...

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Mezzaluna:Equipment

Mezzaluna. Isn't that a pretty word? I know a copywriter who liked the word so much that he named his marketing and web business mezza-l...

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Salmon

Let's take a moment to extoll the virtues of salmon. Salmon is the most beautiful color when raw and almost as gorgeous when cooked. It...

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Basic Crepes Recipe

Crepes are popular all over the world. They are great for just about any meal at all, or even a snack. I've eaten them on the street in ...

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Skipping a meal

Yesterday I skipped dinner. This might not seem like big news to some, but in my world it's worth writing home about. The reason is, as ...

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Thai kitchen disaster!

Disaster strikes. Sometimes things do go terribly wrong in the kitchen. I started out simply looking for a recipe for Thai peanut sauce onli...

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Organic Produce Delivery

Yesterday I got my monthly delivery from Farm Fresh to You, organic produce delivery. I started this a couple of years ago when Webvan went ...

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All About Smoked Paprika

Have you ever seen a product with the initials DOC or "denomination of origin" on the label and wondered what it was all about? I ...

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What to do with Spinach

The curse of Costco. Anyone who has shopped there knows what I am talking about. Simply put, you can't help but buy WAY too much. I know...

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Aloha Festival

Today is the Aloha Festival in San Francisco out in the Presidio. That means mellow Hawaiian music, enchanting dance performances and most i...