A few years back after I took a couple canning classes I decided to take preserving the insane summer bounty of SoCal tomatoes seriously. Now every summer during the hottest weather possible I stew in my own juices as I can enough tomato products to last
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So how does it feel for your favorite recipe to show up on The Simpsons? Well, beyond surreal that's for sure. When they first reached out via email to ask if I'd like to contribute a recipe to the episode I thought it was a
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My Japanese cooking adventure continues. It's lovely to have someone to cook for every night, especially someone as sweet and encouraging as my student roommate Miku. Given the heat I figured that she might appreciate a bowl of cold udon. Now that my pantry is
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It happened that Good Food was nominated for a Beard Award and I found myself in NYC with an unbooked Saturday. I remembered a New York Times article I read on League of Kitchens, a unique organization that offers cooking classes taught by immigrant home cooks. I
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There are a few people in the world of food and cooking who have the passion to immerse themselves into a culture and come away with the gems, dishes hidden in homes and restaurants that are attached to old ways of life and to the
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