Category: Foodies Unite
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Roasted Mushrooms
I’ve been playing around for a few months with this one. I think I have it, but you can tell me that I don’t (and I won’t be surprised if you do… or don’t… whatever). What you get is a really nice mushroom gravy, the flavor gets a bit sweet from fennel and onion. It’s…
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Preserved Lemons
If you live in Southern California, it is a crime to not have a lemon tree. I mean this literally – trucks of inspectors drive around checking people’s yards out. I was outside my front door one day and the local county fruit inspector stopped by to check. I passed inspection. Whew – I won’t…
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Roasted Tomato and Preserved Lemon Pesto
OK, I’ll admit that this one’s a bit of a “chef-y” sort of recipe. But everyone has had Bruschetta in about a million ways and this one is a fun take on the idea. Plus, it’s really not hard to make.
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LarryLand Lemon Vinaigrette
There are about 9,256,189,736 recipes for vinaigrette in the known universe (in the Marvel “MCU” Universe there are many, many more; those superheroes have to do something when they’re not busy destroying New York City). What amazes me is how complicated these all make vinaigrette sound, like the act of making salad dressing (somewhere a…
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Mollie’s Cumin Corn
For all of you who think cooking takes a lot of training and know-how understand this: My daughter came up with this when she was about 10 years old and I have never been able to improve upon it.
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LarryLand Guac
There are a few truths about guacamole: 1) You can NEVER have enough at a party. 2) Everyone’s homemade guac is pretty darned good 3) Store-bought nuclear-green guac that doesn’t turn an unappealing gray color is not acceptable. I’ve been making this version of guac for years. Try It.
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The Cook I Want To Be
My favorite bookstore in Sonoma, Reader’s Books, has a great cookbook selection. I happened across this book. It begs the question, exactly what kind of cook do I want to be? My friends and family would say either Jacques Pepin or Julia Child. They would be sure that the are correct. They would be wrong.…
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Eating Healthy
Yes, I honestly did this. I walked into Starbucks, where their sign says “Anytime Protein”. Under this are a series of bacon and egg sandwiches. I pointed at the sign and asked the barista: “At what time is bacon NOT a protein? Is there a specific time where bacon is not a protein? If bacon…
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LarryLand Rum Punch
Here in Orange County, we take our “oranges” very seriously. Really, we live off the LarryLand each year. Here’s our recipe for Rum Punch.
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Half-Baked
This is a memorandum to Mr. Howard Shultz, Founder of Starbucks and all around good guy. You’re missing the boat, Mister. Let’s start with the fact that Starbucks is pretty much a worldwide organization worth about $20B according to my friends at Google. But, in today’s world this is not enough. You need to keep…
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