Gumbo, like any great dish, comes with fervent devotees, each with their own “correct” recipe. With my gumbo I think I’ll probably manage to offend each one of those schools of thought. Not only do I use linguica instead of andouille, I add some homemade chili powder, both okra AND filé powder, and even (*gasp*) [...]
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Tagged bell pepper, catfish, cayenne, celery, crab, fish, gumbo, okra, rice, sausage, scallops, seafood, shrimp, stock, thyme, tomatoes
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A couple of weeks ago, I met up with some friends on a camping trip. We spent the night on a bitterly cold and windy beach in a tent that was better suited for a heated patio. Suffice it to say, it wasn’t my greatest camping adventure. Although I woke up with a crick in [...]
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Tagged aioli, bell pepper, cayenne, cilantro, crab, crabcakes, garlic, green onions, horseradish, huge mistake, mayonnaise, mustard, panko, paprika, Ritz crackers, scallions, shallots, Worcestershire sauce
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In which your intrepid guest-blogging physicist makes cheeseburgers.
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Tagged bread crumbs, burger, cheddar cheese, cheese, cheeseburger, egg, garlic, ground beef, steak sauce
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This isn’t a blog post so much as, well… just two pictures. I expected to have posted these pictures long ago, but life intervened again, as it is wont to do.* Sleep easy though, for summer has officially started for me and blog posts should be increasing. There are lots of wonderful food opportunities on [...]
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Tagged blue cheese, cheese, pecans, pork tenderloin, praline pecans, raspberry, raspberry vinaigrette, spinach, vinaigrette
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This would have been a perfect post for an Easter breakfast. That’s what I typed a couple of weeks ago, when I last intended to write this post. And it was a month before that when I ate this meal. It’s odd because half of me feels like it happened an eternity ago and the [...]
