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        *Serves four 4 thick slices of country-style bread 1/4 cup of butter, melted 12 ounces of mixed wild and brown button mushrooms 1 tablespoon...
                        
                    
                        
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        2 sweet potatoes, shaved crosswise into 1/8 inch thick slices** 1 quart of canola oil, for frying Smoked Hickory Sea Salt* *This month's Premiu...
                        
                    
                        
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        1 pound of shell-on shrimp 1 clove of garlic, minced 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil 5 dried ancho chiles* salt and pepper, to taste 1....
                        
                    
                        
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        *makes 1 quart 9 ounces of carrots (approximately 10 small), cut into spears 1/2 small head of cauliflower, cut into florets 1 1/4 cups of wa...
                        
                    
                        
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        Makes approximately 16 toasts For the roasted grapes: 1 pound of seedless grapes, removed from the stem 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oi...
                        
                    
                        
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        Serves four 3 russet potatoes, washed and scrubbed 1/2 cup of crumbled feta cheese 2 teaspoons of kosher salt 1/4 cup of canola oil, plus more...
                        
                    
                        
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        serves six For the carnitas: 4 lb pork shoulder, cut into 2 inch cubes 1 orange, quartered 1 cinnamon stick 2 tablespoons of taco season...
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When I first started blogging, I never got any comments. Each time a post would go out in the ether, I'd hold my breath a little, wondering if a k...
                        
                    
                        
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        serves four 1 pound of crimini mushrooms, stems removed 2 tablespoons of olive oil kosher salt (about a teaspoon, more or less to taste) 1 tab...
                        
                    
                        
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        Serves four 4 cluster tomatoes, seeded and finely diced 1/4 cup of finely chopped cilantro 1/2 lime, juiced 1/4 onion, diced 1/2 teaspoon chi...
                        
                    
                        
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        1 ½ cups of dried chickpeas (garbanzo beans) 1 tablespoon of baking soda 1 cup of tahini 3 garlic cloves, smashed with the side of a knife 3 ...
 

