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Prosciutto, Egg and Arugula Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette
As I’ve mentioned in my two previous posts, 2011 can suck it. Between a broken computer, a root canal and a sprained ankle my year thus far has not had many bright spots (especially culinary bright...
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Dinner for Friends
I live by a few major tenets when it comes to food related gifts. 1. If you give me a gift of something like, say, fruit off of your tree, you can count on getting some of it back in a new improved...
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Eggs Benedict, from Scratch
At first glance, April’s Charcutepalooza challenge, hot smoking, seemed like an easy one. As an accomplished, year round grill user, I figured I could just throw it on the Weber grill, add some wood...
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Five-Spice and Cherry Chicken Sausage
Years and years ago. Back when cooking was a hobby, not a career, I asked my husband to get me the pasta extruder attachment for my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. At the time, rather than being an...
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The $5.77 Hot Dog
We are mid-way through the year of Charcutepalooza challenges. Each month, as the new challenge is revealed I get excited about what new thing I will get to try. This month, however, that was not the...
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Tête Pressée
“She was a good pig. I used to pet her everyday.” Yes, this is what I was told by the petite girl working the counter when I picked up my pig’s head. This statement caused some very mixed emotions. On...
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Country-Style Paté cooked Sous Vide
When I saw this month’s Charcutepalooza challenge I was excited. Really excited. I. love. pate. There, I said it. I don’t get to eat it very much. And it’s so rich I really wouldn’t want to, but I...
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Buffalo Chicken Rillettes
I was going to do it. I had every intention. I was going to take a chicken, pull its skin off like a disgusting, slimy sweater and then refashion the whole thing into something that people have said...
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Lonzino
I never imagined that I would have as much trouble with a Charcutepalooza challenge as I have with this last one. I’ve cured meat successfully already this year and I figured with my fancy new curing...
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Vegetable Terrine with Goat Cheese Inlay and the Final Challenge
Here it is. My last Charcutepalooza post. The challenge for this, the final month in our year of challenges? Show off a little. Basically, have a party, invite a bunch of friends and feed them until...
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