While reading The Elements of Cooking by Michael Ruhlman, I learned a valuable tidbit: the importance of smell while cooking: I never realized that it was my nose that mostly decided to might be time to check on the roast or that the cake...
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It is very easy for me to see the influence of Arab food has had on Latin American Food. Can you see the connection:  shish kebab wrapped in pita to  tacos al carbon? Mexicans celebrate the connection by eating Tacos Arabe. The Arab flavors are...
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We don’t shop as often as we have in the past. Often I find myself with a bunch of ingredients and, like the contestants for Food Network’s Chopped!, I have to make dinner. What I like about this combination of recipes is that I can...
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So here’s a clue for anyone who wonders why people share prescription medicines or self-diagnose using webMD. I shop at HEB in Houston so when I needed some minor medical attention- actually some topical something or other for a bad case of contact dermatitis –...
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