"It has all the hallmarks of diner chili." [Photograph: Nick Kindelsperger] On the official chili allegiance list, you'll see my name forever pledged to Texas chili. I'll spare the adjectives, and just say that the thick bowl of red is...
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"Skip yeast in favor of a quick beer-and-baking-powder dough." [Photograph: Maggie Hoffman] Brunch at home needs to be easy. There's a reason that neighborhood cafés manage to sell a couple of sad poached eggs for $13 on Sundays: we're not...
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These lovely little Apple Fritters from The Craft of Baking by Karen DeMasco are deliciously mischievous. When they emerge from the frying oil and are dipped in cinnamon sugar, they look like little doughnuts but one bite reveals they are...
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This recipe is great for beer marinated chili dogs, which you can read about here. Ingredients 1 to 2 large onions, rough chopped 8 to 10 garlic cloves, smashed 4 to 5 bay leaves Fresh thyme sprigs Chile arbol, broken...
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Each week Joshua Bousel drops by with a recipe for you to grill over the weekend. Fire it up, Joshua! I've covered beef and pork tacos before, so the next logical step in my taco journey was chicken. I've always...
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Whenever I cook this pasta, I think immediately of my mother. She invented the recipe while I was in high school running cross country. It quickly became my favorite dinner, the kind of carb-and-meat dish that would give me...
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Let's start the weekend right—with a cocktail recipe from Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles). Need more than one? That kinda week, eh? Here you go. Cheers! In today’s San Francisco Chronicle, I write about a small but intriguing part of...
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After working out my biscuit recipe, waffles were the next item on my brunch menu agenda. Because we had already purchased a Belgian-style waffle maker—one with deep impressions for making thick, pleasantly crisp waffles—I decided to shoot for a...
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What are you doing inside on the 4th of July?! Oh, looking up info on the perfect Independence Day cocktail? Look no further: Paul Clarke (The Cocktail Chronicles) has poured you one. Cheers! Fourth of July celebrations were made for...
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Walter Rodriguez The michelada is a spicy beer cocktail that first became popular in northern Mexico. The cocktail's name is derived from "mi chela helada," or "my cold, light beer" and as the name suggests, is perfect for sipping on...
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