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Labor Day Fish Fry & Kung Faux Pas

For labor day, I decided to…uh…labor…over an old-fashioned fish fry. On the menu: fried catfish, tater tots and coleslaw. And beer. I didn’t make the beer. Or the tots. Sue me. First, the slaw. I used to hate cole slaw, but I recently decided I’d give it another shot and have come to appreciate itsContinue reading “Labor Day Fish Fry & Kung Faux Pas”

Bread: Not just flour and water

My first forray into the old ways went waaay back to the beginning. Bread. It’s basic, it’s humble and it’s tasty. People have been making bread forever. But making bread is pretty intimidating, especially to those of us who can’t spend all day in the kitchen watching dough rise. But there are some good reasonsContinue reading “Bread: Not just flour and water”

Kitchen Kung Fu. Why am I here?

For a long time I’ve been dissatisfied with the frantic pace of American life. We have more technology than ever and less time than ever. The more gadgets we have to save time the less time we have. We make ourselves as busy as possible, then wonder why we never have time for the thingsContinue reading “Kitchen Kung Fu. Why am I here?”