Tucson :

Feeling human again?

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Currently: ?Listening to the Nascar race blaring from the TV in our Arizona Room!  (My dad, for ya.) ?Cursing out my computer for enlarging the screen every twenty seconds (by itself, WTF?!!) while trying to blog and simultaneously[...]

It?s all about the food people.

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Self-serve frozen yogurt from BTO Yogurt in Tucson, AZ .  I shamelessly devoured a chocolate brownie & peanut butter cup with shredded coconut, dark chocolate chips and chocolate[...]

The Arid Zone - Some Desert and Dessert

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I have been wanting to write about my trip to Tucson, Arizona for months now, but alas many things got in the way and I am only now ready to put finger to keyboard :) Special thanks to all of you who participated in my mini-poll -[...]

Carolina White Christmas {Noël Blanc}

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Well any Christmas that involves snow nestled on the trees, and covering the ground IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!  Besides having the pleasures of eating AMAZING food this holiday season, we got to enjoy our first white Christmas in 15 years.[...]

Grand Opening of Aunt Nancy's Handmade Soaps Site

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My friend and favorite soapmaker, Nancy Goodwin, has just launched her new website ! Nan's business, Aunt Nancy's Handmade Soaps , has been my favorite for two years now. I remember that day in early February 2008 when I was looking for some[...]

Tucson tostadas

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3 md Flour tortillas -(buy the largest -flour tortillas that -will fit in your -biggest frying pan) 1/2 lb Oaxaca cheese, shredded 1/2 lb Monterey jack cheese, -shredded 1/3 lb Anejo cheese, grated 1/2 lb Poblano peppers, sliced -(or any[...]

Tucson Tamale Company

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I had been craving tamales lately. I think it stems from the tamales I got last year from this guy dragging around a cooler. He was selling tamales his wife had made for very cheap. He only had two kinds, red or green. We got both, but I loved[...]

Tucson jailhouse chili

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1 Onion 6 Cloves garlic, peeled 2 lb Ground beef 1 cn Diced green chilies (4 oz) 1 cn Jalapeno peppers (4 oz) 1 cn Diced tomatoes (12 oz) 1 cn Tomato paste (6 oz) 6 tb Chili powder (or more) 3 ts Ground cumin 1 tb Vinegar 2 tb Brown sugar[...]

Tucson tenderloin with wild sauce

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6 Dried New Mexican chiles 2 tb Cracked black peppercorns 2 ts Kosher salt 1 Beef (7- to 8-pound) -tenderloin, trimmed 1 tb Olive oil Wild Sauce Garnish: fresh oregano -sprigs ...

Mike's modified tucson jailhouse chili

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1 lb Sweet Italian sausage 1 lb Cheap beef roast cubed 1 lg Onion - diced 6 Cloves garlic - diced 1 cn 4 oz diced green chiles 1/2 4 oz can diced jalepenos 1 cn 16 oz tomato sauce 1 cn 16 oz diced tomatoes 1 cn Tomato paste - 6 oz 1 cn Beer[...]