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Food Snob Chronicles — The final summer crop: Eggplant Fries w/ Pink Parmesan...
I don’t recall when or where my love affair with Eggplant began. But I know it was early. Many of my food memories come from 1100 Berry Lane. We’d moved there from South 12th Street — from a wood frame...
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Food Snob Chronicles — A Cauliflower Soup for the (Cauliflower) Haters
Confession: I’ve always enjoyed munching on a cauliflower floret, or two on a vegetable tray. Raw cauliflower. Then, I met the love of my life, who happens to prefer the steamed version. No, she’s not...
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Food Snob Chronicles — Fried Padrón Peppers (or Shishitos)
Have you ever tasted anything and thought ‘Where have you been all my life?’ Sure you have. I experienced that early on with mushrooms, a little later with (real) pimento cheese and most recently with...
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The Unorthodox Epicure — Southern Stewed Okra & Tomatoes
The March 29, 1976 issue of The New Yorker magazine featured one of the most poignant covers ever. It was a drawing that showed a New Yorker’s view of the world. Except, beyond the Hudson River, there...
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The RV Chronicles — Raindrops are falling on my head (and ruining my music)
Have you ever camped in a tent? Or been in a metal building when a gully washer pops up and starts hammering down? On one hand, it’s peaceful. On the other, it’s as scary as all get-out. The Jimmy...
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The RV Chronicles — Maybe it’s the beer talking, but I’m no longer ashamed
Fine, I’m not ashamed … Just a little embarrassed. Still, sometimes the best therapy is to just lay it all out there and move on. Thanks perhaps to the beer tastings today at a regional grocer, I’m...
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The RV Chronicles — Still eating our veggies at the ‘Jimmy Rockford’
In the interest of full disclosure, I love asparagus. You can serve them to me from a freezer bag, can or jar and I’m yours. I’ll slurp a cream of asparagus soup until the cows come home. And pickled?...
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The RV Chronicles — Roasted Broccolini w/ Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
No. That’s not bacon in the photo. Sorry. Sure, bacon would be an excellent addition to roasted broccolini, but my version is as clean (and vegan) as the wind-driven snow. Besides, bacon gets its share...
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The RV Chronicles — More peas please! (Recipe: Asian Spring Pea Medley)
No matter how much time passes — and it’s been a while — I see green peas and am transported to my childhood. ‘You have to eat at least a spoonful,’ my parents would tell my sister about the canned...
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The RV Chronicles — We’ll eat Mexican, with or without a far-fetched holiday...
Quick — and without looking it up — what is the origin of Cinco de Mayo? Nope, it’s not Mexico’s Independence Day, as a living breathing school teacher insisted to me not so long ago. (Mexico...
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The RV Chronicles — We’re mad as hell and we’re not gonna take this any more!...
It’s been a year and a half. I don’t regret confining myself to a home just barely larger than a prison cell. Neither do I lament trading a range that cost as much as some cars for an aged camp stove....
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The Unorthodox Epicure — Southern Fried Scallop Squash
For a squash variety that’s been around so long, the creamy white scallop variety sure is elusive these days. Widely grown by native Americans for centuries, and even documented by Europeans in the...
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The Unorthodox Epicure — Easy Peasy Chickpea Salad
There have been plenty of times that I’ve mocked delicious restaurant fare, but it was always planned. Take Schlotzsky’s, for example. I ate their funky sandwiches for 20-some-odd years before finally...
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