Author: mlb

Yeah, I've been out of school since 1995 -- so? I used to make this both as an undergrad and a grad student. It's cheap, it's quick, it's easy and it's Mexican food and yet it's a pizza. It's awesome. And really, you can fancy-pants it up as much as you want. You could make …

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When I was growing up, my mom and I would often go to this restaurant called Greek Islands and I would always get a bowl of the egg-lemon-chicken soup -- avgolemeno. I started making a version of it last winter and I'm pretty happy with this recipe. Some of the recipes I found called for …

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Ah, recently, I made this for dinner (last Sunday night, to be exact). This one, like the pork loin, is an Emeril recipe. Again, not super-crazy about the show, but everything of his I've made has turned out pretty well! So, yay! for Emeril. I didn't change much except I listened to Alton Brown and …

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