From the category archives:

Vegetables & Fruit

The Ultimate Breakfast Pancake

July 14, 2009

Looking at this photo, you can only come to two conclusions. Either I had way too much to drink the night before, and this was my hangover cure… or I must be pregnant. Sadly, neither are true. I was just hungry. They say never to go grocery shopping with an empty stomach, and I’d like [...]

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Carolina Barbequed Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Spicy Tangy Slaw

July 8, 2009

Yesterday, Dr. BBQ andI tag-teamed on a Daytime segment. Ray brought his Big Green Egg to the roof of the studio end filmed a segment on pulled pork sandwiches, western North Carolina style.
This thing really does look like a muppet character with its mouth wide open, huh!?
GIMMEEEE PORK…..

That above right there in the mouth of [...]

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Momofuku’s Pickled Wild Leek/Ramp Bulbs

June 29, 2009

(Step by step photos on how to pickle wild leek bulbs or ramp bulbs)

It’s the end of wild leek or ramp season, and what’s left in some markets are just the bulbs, which last much longer than the entire thing. For these strays, it’s best to pickle and preserve so that you’ll get to enjoy [...]

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Wasabi Smashed Potatoes from Bitchin Kitchen

June 18, 2009
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I don’t know how to quite describe Nadia G. I guess simply put… she scares the freakin’ fava beans outta me.
And I love it.
Nadia is the creator, writer and host of BitchinKitchen.tv. This girl’s sexy, sassy, “rawk ‘n roll” but honey, she can cook gefelte fish dumplins better than your bubbe. Yes, even wearing strip-teasin’ [...]

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Japanese Noodles with Shimeji Mushroom

April 22, 2009
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As promised, here is the start of my Japanese Mushroom Lovefest Recipe Collection. The first recipe I made was a super-simple noodle dish that came from my #1 Japanese cookbook – The Japanese Kitchen, Kimiko Barber (hmmm…should we do a giveaway for this cookbook?) I used a mixture of these two Japanese Shimeji mushrooms:

Though, [...]

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