Odds and Ends

Here’s a collection of food posts that didn’t quite know what to do with. There are cookbook reviews, maybe a few recipes and who knows what else.

A Cooking Guide That Stays Put

by CBM on 03/29/2012

Some things you shouldn’t leave to chance. We’ve all been there. You have this perfect cut of meat. It has been lovingly prepped and ready to be fired. The last thing you want to do is screw it up. It’s already dead, killing it again would be a crime. The experience can be nerve wracking [...]

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Money or Memories. You Choose.

by CBM on 02/24/2012

  A top five list can leave more questions unanswered than answered. Tangible value versus sentimental value. What is more valuable money or memories? Obviously, this is one of those “if a tree falls..” questions. There’s no right or wrong answer. Your perspective dictates the response and we’ll mark all answers as correct. What’s up [...]

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A One Million Dollar Recipe

by CBM on 02/17/2012

  Can one dish be worth a million bucks? Pillsbury thinks so. These days there is a cooking competition around just about every corner. I’m sure a lot are worth entering, if that’s your thing. There’s one though that stands head and shoulders above the rest. That’s the Pillsbury Bake Off. It’s like the Super [...]

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The big game deserves big eats. Just a couple of days to go now. There’s lots more to the countdown to kick off than just the anticipation of which team will emerge with the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday. There’s the food. Face it. Super Bowl Sunday has gotten to be so much bigger than the [...]

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Most of us have a box full of history waiting in our kitchen. The handwritten recipe card. It holds more than just a set of instructions for preparing a dish. It holds a certain amount of history too. I have a pretty big collection of my Mom’s recipe cards. Some are in her original, impossible [...]

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Should your cookbook come with a health warning? It’s tough to judge. We all do things that we know are bad for us, but, sometimes we do them anyway. Does someone telling us that something is bad, stop us from engaging in bad behavior? The cookbook. In it’s most basic form is a set of [...]

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December is behind us. And with it, the holiday shopping frenzy. Black Friday gave way to Cyber Monday and before you knew it, all that was left from the buying bonanza was a giant pile of gift wrap and the unanswered question of which presents are worth keeping and which will be tagged for return. [...]

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Cookbooks Make The Jump To App

by CBM on 01/06/2012

  The future of cookbooks may be closer than anyone would imagine. I’m not going give you any earth shattering news that you probably don’t already know. But, here it is anyway. The cookbook app is not only coming, it’s here. See, I told you that was somewhat old news. What may be new however [...]

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Just because a cookbook has recipes and images that leave you drooling, doesn’t mean it’s good for your general well being. At least that’s the message that a group of physicians are putting out. Once again, the dieticians from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have put together a list of the years worst cookbooks. [...]

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Leftovers Take Center Stage

by CBM on 12/27/2011

  Let’s breathe some new life into our second and third day traditions. I’m sure you know the feeling. The big day (or days) are over. There’s a pile of gift wrap that has been lovingly stuffed into green plastic garbage bags ready for the curb. And, oh, the fridge is crammed full of delicious [...]

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