May 2011

BBQ Spareribs

May 30, 2011

Before the grilles are fired up on this Memorial Day, let’s all take a moment to remember, honor, and thank the brave men and women in the armed forces who—past and present—have put their lives on the line to protect this great country of ours.  On days such as this—and many others, of course, I [...]

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Cole Slaw – KFC Clone

May 27, 2011

What can you say about the cole slaw (or as one of the kids used to say, “cold” slaw) from that well-known fast food chicken place?  If you prefer a sweeter cole slaw, as I do, you’ll love it.  If you don’t, then you’ll need to find another recipe!

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Corny Grains

May 24, 2011

Recently, when I was out and about running errands, I was unable to find a particular brand of guacamole chips that I needed to buy for work as a market sample.  (My group does R&D, creating flavors for the snack food industry; and, as part of my job, I am frequently required to shop for [...]

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Rapture Brownies

May 21, 2011

As it is with chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cake, the search for the perfect brownie recipe goes on ad infinitum.  Fudgy, cakey, with nuts, without nuts, caramel, mint-flavored, cappuccino, mocha, salted (the latest craze)—which, oh which one, should I try next?  Despite a bulging manila folder and “bulging” Word file, I happily keep collecting [...]

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Poached Pears with Blue Cheese

May 18, 2011

For the last few years, a favorite local restaurant had an appetizer on its menu that I would order every time Roger and I dined there.  It was a wine-poached pear with melted blue cheese served on flatbread.  I absolutely loved the sweetness of the pear combined with the savory blue cheese; and, when I [...]

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Spicy Glazed Pecans

May 15, 2011

These nuts make a lovely, crunchy addition to salads with your favorite vinaigrette and a sprinkling of blue cheese.  On their own, they are an addictive sweet and savory snack.  I have given them as a hostess gift on several occasions, and one year I filled holiday tins and gave them to neighbors and co-workers [...]

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Eggplant Parmigiana

May 13, 2011

Recipe by Roger “I don’t have a recipe!  It’s so easy to make!”  So sayeth Fran. After I had taken over my share of the cooking duties, I asked Fran for the recipe for Eggplant “Parmesan.”  She tells me, “First off, it’s parmigiana!  Secondly, it’s so easy that I don’t have a recipe.” I say, [...]

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Italian Bread Crumbs

May 11, 2011

For as long as I can remember, through my childhood years until adulthood, my father would go to the Italian bakery on Sunday mornings and come home with two loaves of freshly baked Italian bread.  One loaf would be consumed with our Sunday dinner of pasta and meatballs.  The other loaf would be left out to [...]

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Tomato Sauce

May 9, 2011

Growing up, Sunday mornings always brought the smell of my Sicilian mom’s tomato sauce which she started bright and early because we would eat our big Sunday meal at noon.  She started out by frying salt pork until it rendered its fat, and then she would fry Italian sausage and country style ribs in it, [...]

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Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie

May 7, 2011

My name is Fran, and I am a recipe-aholic.  My addiction began at an early age when, after taking a home economics class in junior high and coming home with my first chocolate chip cookie recipe, I learned that our local newspaper published a food section on Wednesdays.  The clipping began innocently enough with me [...]

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