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I can rock a roux — and a stew
As I thought about making dinner this evening, about having too many vegetables in my fridge, and about preparing something for my family while I am away meditating in the beauty of southern Indiana woods this weekend, I realized that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking, food, Hoosier Momma Bloody Mary Mix, Mark Bittman, Okra, PostADay, recipes, Vegetable Stew
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By Any Other Name…
My father used to routinely ask my mother what was for dinner. Her favorite name for leftovers was “Clean Out the Fridge”. If she said this to a child likely to turn up her nose, it was “goulash”. Where she … Continue reading
Adventures in the Culinary Arts I
I have a cookbook collection, that at first glance, to some, seems a least an embarrassing amassment of gastronomic knowledge or, at worst case, the sign of an unchecked obsession. Long before I learned how to cook, I collected cook … Continue reading


