Welcome to Weekend Cook and Tell. Every Wednesday we peruse the food sections of various national newspapers in search of an inspiration for a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and...
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I need to take an appetizer to a luncheon party. I have most of the ingredients to make some kind of Tex Mex dip (you know those layered numbers). But I would like to have something I can slice and...
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I always throw a pretty big SB Party every year. The menu is derived from dishes indigenous to the two teams. EX: New England Clam Chowder; Philly Cheese Steak; New Orleans Jambalaya. I think you get the drift. I have...
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I am going to bring dinner to my friend on Monday- she has requested chili as the chill of winter is here. Any suggestions for delicious, but not too spicy, as she is undergoing chemo?...
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Two posts in one day, cripes I'm yappy today.... Anyway another discussion over the weekend was we don't really have a good chili recipe that we love. We aren't terribly picky, we don't care whether it uses ground or chunk...
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I lived in Austin, TX for a couple of years and have since moved back to Portland, OR. The one thing I haven't been able to find and/or replicate is Polvo's chili con queso. Or any chili con queso, really....
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I have been thinking about chili lately and today I grabbed some things from the fridge and made one - however, there was no chili powder! Instead of going to the store, I threw in a dry mix of "Old...
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Chicken. Hot oil. It seems so simple, doesn't it? But first- dark meat or light meat? Breaded or not? Where do marinades and dipping sauces enter into all of it? And that's before you get to Southern style, Asian style,...
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I made the mistake of trying a new chili recipe yesterday, and was profoundly disappointed. I used the Cook's Illustrated January 2008 recipe for Simple Turkey Chili with Kidney Beans and it was disappointing on a lot of levels. (Among...
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Hiya Eaters, So it's the day after Super Bowl Sunday, aka I Can't Believe I Ate it All Monday. I'm feelin sluggish and a wee bit guilty over the number of potato chips, chicken wings, pork ribs and pie that...
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