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Waiter, There's Something in My...is a new event hosted each month, alternatively by Spittoon Extra, Cook Sister! and Passionate Cook. The first theme is stew and is being rounded up here. The timing for this food blogging event was perfect as jwa and I had been planing a Life Aquatic film festival. And what goes …

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Today's Super Foods recipe is a little like falafel -- 'cept it's not. Instead of garbanzo beans it uses lentils. I was very surprised by the overall flavor difference, in that there was one. These have a nuttier taste and were very, very good. Even jwa expressed a surprised liking for these. That's quite a …

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These were a holiday experiment that turned out very well -- so well that I plan on making another batch very soon. You see, I am always looking for uses for my huge, 3.5 foot tall, 4 foot round rosemary plant outside. So, aside from rosemary being my favorite herb, it is also the herb …

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One of my Christmas presents was a wok that had been on my wish list at Amazon. jwa got it for me and I used it the week after receiving it on this lemon chicken recipe. It's one I found online, by Emeril*, and I was pretty pleased with it. At first, I thought it …

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Ah, the weekends. A time to relax, work on house projects and cook beans for hours (no, not really, only about 1.25 hours). So fun. We recently had a Saturday taco night and I thought it would be a good idea to make my own refried beans. And it totally was. It takes a while …

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