A client ordered a birthday party by way of a sit-down dinner this weekend, the perfect opportunity to lay on a feast of the summer’s best produce. The menu I devised started with two passed hors d’oeuvres: Latin-style grilled shrimp with guacamole dip and endive leaves with an herbed goat cheese. First course I envisioned […]
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It’s official: the demand for ethanol to power automobiles is jacking up the cost of our food. The Wall Street Journal this week details how a doubling in the price of corn largely attributable to a diversion of the grain into a growing ethanol stream is boosting the prices of meat, poultry and cereals in […]
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Midway into my tamales project I decided to follow my wife’s advice and bone up a little more on how to make tamales. Up to this point, I had made two critical errors. The first was assuming I could buy a book about tamales and rely on it exclusively. The recipe I chose turned out […]
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