Welcome back to the Weekend Cook and Tell. Every Wednesday we leisurely peruse the food sections of various national newspapers in search of inspiration for a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences,...
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Hi all. I'm moving to a new house and will need to stock the pantry starting with nothing. I've already got things like flour, sugar, salt, oil, vinegars, mustards on the list. What are your pantry must haves?...
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Just reading through this article talking about how walmart is making headway into the organic/local/sustainable food market, and doing it quite well. thought it was an interesting read. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/03/the-great-grocery-smackdown/7904/...
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Yeah, we've covered the ill-mannered. But what about the pleasant surprises? Have you ever done something for someone that has spontaneously pleased them? Have you ever been the recipient of something unexpectedly nice? On one occasion, I encountered an older...
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I am very picky when it comes to meat so I was wondering what everyone else does. Do you always go to a butcher or just for some things? How about meat at a grocery store? Is talking to the...
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How I wish I could get six stalks of cilantro, one quarter of a cabbage, three stalks of celery and so on. I read advice to try buying from a salad bar but that stuff is really expensive and pretty...
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I'm on holiday in New York City at the moment and would really like to make some Indonesian food. Do any of you Serious Eaters know where I can find Indonesian ingredients (kecap manis, sambal oelek, terasi, galanga, etc.)? I...
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I will admit, in public, that I sometimes buy potato buds. Yes, those nasty fake mashed potato things. But I would never cook and serve them. Ever. "Why do you buy them?" you may ask. Simple. Potatos added to bread...
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What food, beverage or ingredient would I never find written on your grocery list? My list never includes any of these: peas margarine Cool Whip onions fruit cocktail cream of wheat pop (aka soda) Have you ever found someone's grocery...
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Well, this comes on the heels of my posting of awesome web kitchen gadget purchases. Where I was admittedly both blessed and lucky with my prepara herb-savor. That, however, was the unexpected, delightful surprise; not the norm. Which was something...
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