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Eating Local: More than Just a Trend, A Way of Life 11 Sep 2011 | 07:37 am
The local food movement is becoming such a trendy thing these days that, I’ll admit, recently I’ve been getting a bit sick of hearing about it. It seems every new restaurant that pops up in Pittsburg...
Baking 101: Learning the Basics 22 Feb 2011 | 12:04 pm
Baking is a completely different animal from cooking. It requires special techniques and tools, a preciseness generally not required in general cooking, and extreme patience. This has led to me bein...
Back from Paradise 22 Jan 2011 | 08:32 am
I’m back! I returned last week from an amazing two-week adventure in Singapore and Thailand. Over the next few posts I hope to highlight some of the amazing food that we had there, as well as recrea...
Thai Food to the Rescue 31 Oct 2010 | 10:56 am
Do you ever have days or weeks where you just don’t feel like cooking? That has been the theme of my past few weeks. Work stress and personal life stress have left me with zero motivation to cook an...
Freedom from Recipes 6 Sep 2010 | 02:25 pm
I’ve been cooking for several years now, but there’s something I still struggle with. It’s not that I can’t follow a recipe and make a dish come out well, but rather the opposite: I follow instructio...
Pittsburgh Public Market: Open for Business! 5 Sep 2010 | 06:40 am
Every time I take a road trip somewhere and visit the city’s public market, I think, ‘gee, Pittsburgh really needs something like this!’ Well, now we’ve got it! There are so many reasons to be excite...
Pesto Without Pine Nuts 21 Aug 2010 | 11:52 am
I confess that I’ve never made pesto. I know, I know, that makes me a bad person or at least a bad foodie, but I have a somewhat good excuse: I’m allergic to nuts. I’ve always felt pesto just wasn’t...
Farmers Market Series Part Two 9 Aug 2010 | 12:50 pm
This is the second post in my Farmers Market Series, in which I give you the scoop on Pittsburgh farmers markets. This post will feature the East Liberty Citiparks Market, the Southside Citiparks Mar...
Bean and Veggie Quesadillas 1 Aug 2010 | 04:55 am
I’ve written about quesadillas before- the five-minute, 3-ingredient kind. These (from Guy Fieri) are a little more labor intensive, but they’re totally worth it. They’re loaded with cumin-dusted su...
It Sounds Like “Rat” and “Patootie” 27 Jul 2010 | 12:08 pm
This recipe is perfect for using up all those zucchini, eggplant, and bell peppers you’ve no doubt got filling your fridge from farmers’ markets and gardens. Now, I know that this isn’t a real ratato...
