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Cindy Fuller
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Jan 01
Pie for Strength
Julian grew up in Miami. However, he’s a SINO (Southerner in Name Only) with the exception of two food items: Pie and barbecue. We’ll get to barbecue shortly. He started lobbying for pecan pie over the holidays before Christmas. We had a plethora of cookies and candy in the house, so I put him off …
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Jan 01
Rant, by Request
Last night Julian made Thai-Style Chicken with Basil out of a 2010 issue of Cook’s Illustrated. Unlike most stir-fried chicken recipes, this one uses low temperature. He was dubious, as always. His dubiosity peaked when he added the chicken and it took longer to reach appropriate eating temperature than a regular stir-fry. Here are his …
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Dec 30
Do the Time Warp Again
This post has nothing whatsoever to do with the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I’m one of about 6 people in my age group who’s never seen that film, mostly because this farm girl’s usually asleep at midnight. (How come theaters never have matinee showings of this movie?) Today we went to a bank in our …
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Dec 30
Bacon Baklava?!?
[To my observant Jewish, Muslim, and vegetarian readers: You might want to find less incendiary posts to peruse, like the ones on firearms.] Sunset magazine is one of my go-to reads for recipes. Every so often, it publishes a recipe that goes above and beyond the pale. Last year’s was bacon baklava. I saw the …
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Dec 27
A Quiet Dinner
After three straight nights of partying with our friends, it was definitely time for a dinner à deux. Julian roasted an unrolled boneless leg of lamb similar to what I described in one of my earliest posts, although he did it in the oven rather than on the grill. He made the mint-red wine vinegar …
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Dec 26
This Year’s Cookbooks
It’s good to live with someone who’s willing to enable my cookbook habit. Even spookier, Julian knew which two cookbooks were at the top of my list: The Food Lab plays into my geek side. (Remember, science is my day job.) Zahav, on the other hand, covers the breadth of Israeli cooking with some non-traditional …
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Dec 25
One Menu to Feed Them All
Last night was the annual Christmas Eve dinner/white elephant extravaganza. Tonight we’re making duck à l’orange for a smaller crowd. There are still the food allergy land mines, but we’ve found a menu that avoids gluten, alliums, walnuts, and zucchini: Guacamole without onion/garlic and corn chips Duck à l’Orange Roasted brussels sprouts Salad Brown/wild rice …
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Dec 25
So This is Christmas…
Last week I went to my usual salon to get my hair cut. Lena had the All Christmas radio station playing. Most of the songs are so overplayed that I’ve considered wearing noise-cancelling headphones around town throughout December. Then, just as I was leaving the shop, I heard the voice of John Lennon singing his …
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Dec 22
A Few Further Words on Firearms
I wrote the previous post on firearms two weeks ago. In the meantime, I learned details of the event that inspired the post. On December 6, a man who had a long criminal record hijacked a car at gunpoint in downtown Seattle. He led the police on a high-speed chase through several neighborhoods and carjacked a …
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Dec 19
Feeding Between the Lines, Holiday Edition
An additional food allergy land mine has appeared among our friends. The youngest member of the Friday night crew has been diagnosed with gluten intolerance and egg allergy. This is indeed problematic, since many gluten-free bread recipes rely on egg protein to provide a semblance of structure. And meringue cookies are now verboten for the …
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