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A Cooks Tool Box!!

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So a lot of restaurants don?t require a cook to provide his own tools ... such is the case with our hotel. They rent a few sets of knives. Which are re-sharpened  once every few months. I call these the crap knives. They pass thru so many[...]

Ninny Cooks?Salmon

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Every so often I get a call from my mother-in-law, Ninny. She tells me that she is making our supper and will bring it over when we get off work. People I work with are jealous, as well they should be. Last week she called and was making a favorite[...]

Company that Cooks

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This weekend we had company visiting us from California. Sunday afternoon a family of four, plus two dogs, showed up at our house! Holly, Rob, Sidney and Audrey had been favorite customers of Ben's when he worked at the Flying Goat in Healdsburg,[...]

Cooks Grill Recall

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Has your grill been recalled? Is it a danger to BBQ with? See the new recall here.

Cooks Grill Recall

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What to do when your new grill get’s recalled?   From the Consumer Product Safety Board: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary[...]

Daring Cooks: Sushi

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I have been wanting to make my own sushi for quite some time, but I hadn’t been able to muster up my courage. Lucky for me, I’m a Daring Cook. The November 2009 Daring Cooks challenge was brought to you by Audax of Audax Artifex[...]

Daring Cooks: Mezze

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The 2010 February Daring COOKs challenge was hosted by Michele of Veggie Num Nums . Michele chose to challenge everyone to make mezze based on various recipes from Claudia Roden, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Dugid. If[...]

Daring Cooks - Mezze

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People adopt smug smiles for various reasons. Maybe you know something that no-one else does. A juicy secret definitely ups the smug factor (or at least it does for me!) Smug smiles can also be caused by the knowledge that you are[...]

Daring Cooks Ceviche

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Blog-checking lines: Kathlyn of Bake Like a Ninja was our Daring Cooks? March 2011 hostess. Kathlyn challenges us to make two classic Peruvian dishes: Ceviche de Pescado from ?Peruvian Cooking ? Basic Recipes? by Annik Franco Barreau. And Papas[...]

I Drive, Derek Cooks

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Man, driving to Tampa in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week is a breeze. With no traffic and no stress that drive is effortless. Why does this drive usually suck? Oh yea, because I usually take it during rush hour traffic on[...]