Well, it’s finally happened. The kids in the food appreciation classes I teach at a private elementary school here in the District of Columbia have graduated (the older ones, at least) from plastic knives to real knives. The only reason this hadn’t happened sooner was my failure to deliver on promises I’d been making for, oh, […]
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Continuing on our virtual world culinary tour, our food appreciation classes last week bade adieu to West Africa. But we could not leave without sampling a staple food item there: palm oil. Palm oil, derived from the fruit of the oil palm, is immediately recognizable by its deep, red color. The color comes from a […]
Fried eggs over chicken pot pie Preparation time: 15 minutes Shopping: none We had home-made chicken pot pie left over from a catering job and I couldn’t let it go to waste. If you are trying to cut back on the fat in your breakfast, this would be one alternative to the usual bacon, although […]
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