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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

An (Almost) All-American Thanksgiving (or, What to Eat the Morning After)

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(This post originally appeared on my Open Salon blog last year. A slightly different version was published on Salon.com .) Ungrateful whini...
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Monday, November 21, 2011

A Tiger Mom’s Daughter Makes Popcorn

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I’ve had this brilliant idea bouncing around for a while: flavored popcorn. But not just plain old cheese-flavored popcorn or kettle corn – ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The Pleasures of PBS (and a Defense of Monkey Gland Steak)

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Not having cable is liberating. It gives me a perfect excuse not to keep up with the Kardashians or any of the other irritating presences ho...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Half-Fast Cooking: Wok-Free Chinese

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It's not fast food. It's not slow food. It's...half-fast food! Part of an occasional, sloth-driven series. I admit it. I...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Eating (Really) High on the Hog

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The expression “high on the hog” is said to originate from the general belief that the choicest cuts of pork came from high on the anim...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Half-Fast Cooking: Brunch for the Lazy

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It’s not fast food. It’s not slow food. It’s... half-fast food! The first in an occasional, sloth-driven series. Back when I worked in the ...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

I Want My Country Back! All-American Tacos for July 4

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In grade school, I learned to be a patriotic American. At the front of every classroom was an American flag, and every morning for nine yea...