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Best. Client Bribe. Ever.

A Good Client thanks you for quality work done on time or ahead of schedule. A Great Client thanks you for the work you’ve done with a gift, what my friends in the biz call “client bribes.” I’ve received some … Continue reading

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Lambs to the Slaughter

It’s not too often that you get to use that phrase in a non-metaphorical sense, but if today’s meat CSA pickup was any indication, many sheep had been recently dispatched. This months share included pork spare ribs, a pork hock, … Continue reading

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The Road to Ramen, Part III

Four recipes down, three to go, resulting in ramen for dinner. It was time to make the second crucial component. Recipe 5: Alkaline (Ramen) Noodles There are masters who walk among us, possessing the amazing ability to make noodles by … Continue reading

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The Road to Ramen, Part II

Ramen isn’t just about the noodles, it’s equally about the broth: without a decent soup base you’re left with a bowl of wet noodles. I knew the Momofuku ramen broth would be the most time-consuming of the sub-recipes, but also … Continue reading

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The Road to Ramen, Part I

I first encountered ramen noodles in college, when I was the gaijin in a suite full of Japanese students, but it wasn’t until 1985 that I learned about the real thing. My introduction to the cult of ramen was Tampopo, … Continue reading

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The Return of Doctor Tony

The Yo Gaba Gabba! episode featuring Anthony Bourdain aired last week, and it was just as surreal as the preview made it out to be. There’s a tradition of notoriously foul-mouthed celebrities appearing on children’s shows: George Carlin was Mr. … Continue reading

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Looking for a Certain Ratio

Imagine my surprise when I discovered this comment on my BLT post: hi david, now you’ve got me wanting a BLT! nice chicken post as well. would you email me please. I need to ask you something. thanks, michael “Michael” … Continue reading

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Chicken and Pig’s Trotter

Even though I cooked this dish last weekend, my writing about it today makes it the perfect conclusion to the bacon trilogy (trilogies aren’t just for fantasy novels). So we’ll pretend that I used my newly-smoked bacon instead of a … Continue reading

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The Mostly-Homemade BLT

What to do with my newly-smoked bacon? Put it to the test in the vehicle designed explicitly to highlight its flavor: the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, the humble – potentially mighty – BLT. Inspired by Michael Ruhlman’s BLT From … Continue reading

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Bacon

Last week I indicated that the two pork bellies from my meat CSA were destined to become bacon. He Who Will Not Be Ignored expressed an interest in helping me, so it was time for a lesson about Where Food … Continue reading

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