Editor's note: Philadelphia food writers Joy Manning and Tara Mataraza Desmond drop by each week with Meat Lite, which celebrates meat in moderation. Meat Lite was inspired by their book, Almost Meatless. I love beans, but the perfectly cooked legume...
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Note: Throughout October, Kerry's secret ingredient is liquid smoke. [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] Liquid smoke has long held my fascination, but I was a novice before experimenting with it for this column. My first impressions? It costs only a couple of...
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Editor's note: On Fridays, Joshua Bousel drops by with a recipe for you to grill over the weekend. Fire it up, Joshua! My recent failure at grilling stuffed peppers left a lingering desire for some that could fulfill my craving....
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How many dishes do you know of that were originally inspired by a Frank Zappa song? I'm guessing not many. Motivated by Zappa's lyrics from his song Jewish Princess: "I want a dainty little Jewish princess with a couple of...
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On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share a healthy and delicious recipe with us. Today, a new dressing for eggplant. One of the great drawbacks to dieting is the repetition of foods. Often,...
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My boss used to tease me when I would bring black beans and rice to work for lunch. He thought, as far as I can tell, that this was my subtle way of asking for a raise, but I had...
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It's rainy and cold as I type this—the kind of day that puts me in the mood for some hot, stick-to-the-ribs dish—like this Healthy and Delicious Black Bean Chili. It's adapted from The Culinary Institute of America's Techniques of Healthy...
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The following Black Bean Sauce is adapted from The Culinary Institute of America's Techniques of Healthy Cooking, which is Serious Eats' featured cookbook for the week of January 14, 2008. You may serve this sauce with Jerk Chicken, Green Papaya...
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Sunday Night Soups, where each week The Gurgling Cod shows up to offer a soup appropriate to the week's upcoming Sunday Night Football game on NBC. This weekend, Sunday Night Soups returns to its NFC East comfort zone. The Redskins...
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Who knew Whole Foods had such an extensive website? Or that it would have that recipe for Sweet Corn and Black Bean salad that I had just paid $7.99 a pound for the day before. Needless to say, it’s...
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