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Filed under: Dinner, Beef, Recipes, Frying, Mexico With Cinco de Mayo right around the corner, my brain is buzzing with thoughts of Mexican food -- burritos, tamales, chorizo. But at some point, thoughts switch to faux Mexican dishes, the US concoctions that are more fusion than ethnic. This then leads me to my first forays into recipe creation. ...

Filed under: Dinner, On the Blogs, AmericaUntil I hit high school, my family ate dinner together nearly every night. I'm talking TV off, table set, glasses of milk, hands held for a moment of silence, dinner. I feel really lucky to have grown up with such a foundation of family meals and someday when I have kids, I hope to give them the same ...

Filed under: Dinner, West Coast, Vegetables, Recipes, How To, America, Shellfish I used to be afraid of scallops. Like few other things for which there is no explanation other than ''maybe I was traumatized by it so badly in my childhood that I can't remember it, but I know I hate it,'' scallops were deep down in there with roast beef, rice ...

Filed under: Lunch, Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres, Snacks, Food Porn, Vegetarian, Vegetables, Cheese, Recipes, Frying, Spirit of Summer, On the Blogs, How To, America, Europe One of the things with which I have fallen in love in recent history is squash blossoms. When I first encountered these, I was slightly turned off by the idea of eating such giant ...

Filed under: Far East, Food Oddities When you think of the human body in relation to food, chances are you think about the fact that food is what keeps the body going. This is not the only way that the body and food can beconnected, however. Nyotaimori, for example, is the practice of dining on sushi off a naked body and, especially considering ...

Filed under: Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Vegetarian, Vegan, Did you know?With only a few days left until Valentine's, we thought that it would be fun to take a look at the role that food can play in our relationships with a little mini series leading into February 14th. Yesterday, we talked about what it was like to date someone with really ...

Filed under: Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Restaurants, Did you know? With only a few days left until Valentine's, we thought that it would be fun to take a look at the role that food can play in our relationships with a little mini series leading into February 14th. While we may not think about food all the time, it is a huge part of our daily ...

Filed under: Dinner, British Isles, Restaurants, Business, Trends, Stores & Shopping, America, Fast Food Easy meal prep is hot right now. By this, I am referring to the make-and-freeze dinner businesses that are thriving all across the US. With names like Dream Dinners, Super Suppers, My Girlfriend's Kitchen, Supper Thyme USA, What's for ...

Filed under: Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Stores & Shopping, Did you know?, Comfort Food, Fast FoodFrozen foods were once a technological wonder, but are now often the butt of food jokes, grouped together with fast food as unhealthy substitute for ''real'' food that is rarely worth eating. But frozen dinners are quick and convenient, though ...