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Archive for Side Dishes
Before Thanksgiving: Improved Vegetable Recipes
This time of year, lots of luscious autumn vegetables are available. That’s one of the things that makes Thanksgiving such a feast! And if they’re cooked properly, even the kids will eat them without too much complaining.
Here are my choices for this year’s banquet table:
Truly Screaming Heads
Salami Carrots
Once upon a time, I found [...] Read more »
Eat Your Veggies: Brussels Sprouts So Good Even Kids Like Them
Kids don’t like them, usually. Even Presidents don’t like them. They’re so unpopular that it only takes 300 acres of them to supply the whole USA’s demand for half a year.
The Brits eat them, when they can’t get peas. A pundit once opined, “The English have only three vegetables, and two of them are cabbage.” [...] Read more »
Oh So Wrong: Joy of Cooking Frozen Foods?
The Detroit Free Press has just reported on something new you can foist off on your friends and family serve to your loved ones: The Joy of Cooking Frozen Foods!
You read that right. Frozen food you don’t have to cook, so you can experience the Joy of Cooking without even cracking open the book. Amazing!
The [...] Read more »
Got Cancer? Fight Back With Jam and Jelly!
Finally, Some Really Good Food News!
The New Scotsman reported yesterday on some exciting research into cancer and food. Researchers at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich announced that pectin, an essential ingredient in most jams and jellies, is a powerful cancer fighter.
In particular, it produces fragments that attach to galectin-3, a protein that influences [...] Read more »
Turnabout’s Fair: German Food in India?
I recently mentioned that I had eaten a nice curry dish while flying to India on Lufthansa, the German airline. Well, it seems turnabout’s fair play. Last evening I enjoyed an authentic German meal here in Hyderabad, with a hint of Oktoberfest provided, and in the company of a truly international cast of characters.
It was [...] Read more »
660 Curries: Biryani Curries and Side Dishes
One more post reviewing some recipes from the recent cookbook “660 Curries” and then I’ll quit. I promise. Really. I won’t even make you pay the ransom to get me to stop.
Once upon a time, invading hordes (Greek, Persian, Moghul, Mongol, Hun, Arab, Turk) came from many directions, over several centuries, looking for a really [...] Read more »
Creamy Jalapeño Cornbread With Dinner Tonight
Jalapeño Chiles: They’re not just for breakfast anymore! Nor are they reserved for salsas or entrées. The versatile jalapeño can be used in cooking too.
A classic bread for serving with barbeque, or roast beef, or even chili or soup on a cold afternoon, is this one:
Creamy Jalapeño Cornbread
This version of cornbread is different than any [...] Read more »
Make Spicy Pickles and Save Money!
With food and gas prices rising and the economy tanking, many Americans are rediscovering techniques and dishes that are “frugal.” Unfortunately, this often means bland, or tasteless, or just plain ol’ disgusting.
In some cases, it also means a lot more work at home, just when people are putting in more hours, working or looking for [...] Read more »
