Posted on November 13th, 2009 by iamnotachef
There isn’t much to say about this topic that hasn’t been said thousands of times by amateur and professional smokers across the country. But that never stopped me; I am nothing if not a pontificator.
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Posted on November 9th, 2009 by iamnotachef
Everyone knows what’s on the list of summer drinks. Beer, G&Ts, rum punch, the classic margarita, even an ice-cold martini on a hot night is appropriately included on that list. But what to do when the days grow short and there is a nip in the air,
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Posted on October 28th, 2009 by iamnotachef
Tommy, of tommy:eats, and I were commiserating about the particularly hard and speedy acorns of this fall season. For some reason, perhaps there is a cabal of squirrels throwing them, the acorns seem to be hitting our homes and cars with unreasonable violence.
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Posted on October 10th, 2009 by iamnotachef
Tommy, of the justifiably well-known local food blog, tommy:eats, has become unhinged and is currently raving about a new local restaurant that, if it fixes its many flaws, very well may be the local equivalent of Blue Smoke or the late, much-lamented
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Posted on October 3rd, 2009 by iamnotachef
Click here for more information. Yes, tommy:eats is always on top of this stuff, and it’s a good cause, so go give a little.
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Posted on September 26th, 2009 by iamnotachef
Arrogant? Me? Well, on the topic of cooking shellfish — in particular shrimp and lobster – why yes, I am. But not without good reason. I think I do a rather good job of it, mostly as a result of screwing it up often enough that I have a large sample
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Posted on September 18th, 2009 by iamnotachef
Posted on September 13th, 2009 by iamnotachef
Norman Borlaug, the man who saved more human lives than anyone else in history, has died at age 95. Borlaug was the Father of the Green Revolution, the dramatic improvement in agricultural productivity that swept the globe in the 1960s. For spearheading this achievement, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
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Posted on August 18th, 2009 by iamnotachef
I was going to write a long rant about how stupendously stupid, reactionary, unthinking, troglodytic (is that a word?), and embarrassingly moronic all of those granola eaters are who are incensed that the CEO of Whole Foods had the temerity
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Posted on August 16th, 2009 by iamnotachef
Perhaps it is a bit over the top, but a 40 course meal to celebrate a significant event in one’s life isn’t an outrageous affront to my sensibilities. Would I do it? No, I think that after a dozen courses and a few hours the food becomes an afterthought. I don’t think that I have [...]
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